Competitions · China

Zhengzhou Open 2018

Zhengzhou, Henan · 2 December 2018 · 7 events · 124 competitors · 89 personal bests

Zibo Xu (徐子博) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) by 0.06 seconds. 124 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 65 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Zibo Xu (徐子博) set the 3×3 average national record: 6.90.

Two wins

Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

closest final — Pyraminx, Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) over Yunzhe Jia (贾云哲)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	5.95	6.90
2×2	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	1.70	2.14
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	28.06	34.13
3×3 blindfolded	Xinyun Chen (陈新运)	42.81	—
3×3 one-handed	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	8.73	12.68
Pyraminx	Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)	3.87	4.87
Skewb	Peixuan Shi (时培轩)	3.31	4.55

The PB harvest

89 set · 47 still standing

Tiannan Wang (王天南) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.31: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.40: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Yunzhe Jia (贾云哲) — 3×3 single 8.56: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Yuning Niu (牛豫宁) — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Xiang Fei (费翔) — 3×3 single 10.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Yongkang Chen (陈永康) — 3×3 single 10.81: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Pengcheng Hu (户鹏程) — 3×3 single 11.82: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Xiang Fei (费翔) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.37: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

65 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

124 competitors · 462 results · 7 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 6.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

124 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.