Competitions · China

Zhengzhou Open 2015

Zhengzhou, Henan · 31 May 2015 · 8 events · 111 competitors · 52 personal bests

Jack Pan (潘杰康) won two of the eight events (2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Jialue Huang (黄家略) by 0.26 seconds. 111 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 70 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Zongyang Li (李宗阳) set the Skewb single continental record: 2.11.

Two wins

Jack Pan (潘杰康) — 2×2, 5×5

0.26s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Jialue Huang (黄家略) over Zijia Feng (冯子甲)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yan Jin (金岩)	8.89	10.29
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.50	2.47
4×4	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	35.28	42.45
5×5	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1:16.58	1:22.95
3×3 blindfolded	Jiawen Wu (吴嘉文)	1:18.19	—
3×3 one-handed	Jialue Huang (黄家略)	17.65	19.20
Pyraminx	Boxi Chen (陈博希)	4.63	4.90
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	3.12	4.14

The PB harvest

52 set · 23 still standing

Yi Song (宋毅) — 3×3 single 9.42: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Junkui Hu (胡军奎) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Hao Zhang (张昊) — Skewb single 3.53: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Jiawen Wu (吴嘉文) — Skewb single 3.66: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Jiaxin Hou (候家欣) — Skewb single 3.76: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Jiawen Wu (吴嘉文) — 4×4 single 37.69: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Kai Zhou (周凯) — 3×3 single 11.85: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Zihao Tang (唐子豪) — 3×3 single 14.33: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

70 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 433 results · 8 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Yan Jin (金岩) won it with a 10.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1D R D' L F U' D F' B L U2 B2 R B2 L' F2 U2 R' D2 B2
2D B2 R2 D U' F2 U' R2 B L2 D R' D' B2 R' U2 L2 B L'
3L2 U2 L2 D2 B2 R2 U R2 U' R' B D L2 D B D2 B R B U'
4B' R2 B U2 L2 U2 F' L2 F R B' U' R F' L R U2 L2 F'
5F2 R2 D L2 F2 D B2 D' R2 D' F R B L2 D' F R' F' D2 B2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.