Competitions · China

Zibo Open 2016

Zibo, Shandong · 6 November 2016 · 5 events · 132 competitors · 111 personal bests

Zhi Li (李志) won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yunong Li (李雨浓) by 0.61 seconds. 132 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 63 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Chuqi Liu (刘楚祺) took a 2×2 single of 22.37 down to 9.15, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhi Li (李志) — 3×3, 4×4

0.61s

closest final — 2×2, Yunong Li (李雨浓) over Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhi Li (李志)	8.67	10.49
2×2	Yunong Li (李雨浓)	2.26	3.35
4×4	Zhi Li (李志)	40.84	44.97
3×3 one-handed	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	13.19	17.30
Pyraminx	Zihan Zhang (张子涵)	2.89	4.90

The PB harvest

111 set · 45 still standing

Zhenchuan Wang (王震川) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.04: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Zhihang Zhang (张志航) — Pyraminx single 4.76: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Yunong Li (李雨浓) — Pyraminx single 5.32: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Linyuan Che (车林原) — Pyraminx single 5.63: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Tingjia Zhang (张庭嘉) — Pyraminx single 5.72: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Xushun Wei (隗许舜) — 3×3 one-handed single 20.03: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Shuo Zhang (张朔) — 3×3 one-handed single 20.94: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
Xiaofan Yin (尹晓帆) — 3×3 single 14.91: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

63 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

132 competitors · 487 results · 5 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. Zhi Li (李志) won it with a 10.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

132 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.