Competitions · China

Zhengzhou Open 2024

Zhengzhou, Henan · 8 December 2024 · 6 events · 173 competitors · 173 personal bests

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) won two of the six events (4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Chen Chen (陈晨) by 0.23 seconds. 173 competitors produced 173 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) set the 3×3 average world record: 4.05.

Two wins

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — 4×4, Megaminx

0.23s

closest final — 5×5, Chen Chen (陈晨) over Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)

173

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.84	4.05
4×4	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	19.88	24.19
5×5	Chen Chen (陈晨)	43.52	45.13
Clock	Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然)	4.55	5.25
Megaminx	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	27.39	28.77
Square-1	Zhiquan Li (李志权)	7.12	8.60

The PB harvest

173 set · 67 still standing

Heyu Fu (付荷语) — 3×3 single 4.92: into the top 0.1% of the event's history.
Sirun Wu (吴思润) — 3×3 single 5.14: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — 3×3 single 5.96: into the top 0.46% of the event's history.
Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 4×4 single 24.22: into the top 0.54% of the event's history.
Yinzhi Sha (沙印志) — 3×3 single 6.52: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Chenxiao He (何辰骁) — Megaminx single 37.02: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — 4×4 single 25.90: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Yiming Lin (林伊铭) — 4×4 single 26.73: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

173 competitors · 614 results · 6 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

173 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.