Competitions · China

Zibo Open 2017

Zibo, Shandong · 23 December 2017 · 6 events · 111 competitors · 93 personal bests

Zhi Li (李志) won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Zhi Li (李志) by 0.01 seconds. 111 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Linxuan Zeng (曾霖煊) took a Skewb single of 13.38 down to 6.61, 51 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhi Li (李志) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.01s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Zhi Li (李志) over Sihan Jiao (焦思涵)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhi Li (李志)	8.45	10.14
2×2	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	2.19	3.85
3×3 Fewest Moves	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	37 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Zhi Li (李志)	15.59	17.24
Pyraminx	Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊)	4.48	4.72
Skewb	Jinlin Dou (窦金麟)	4.22	4.65

The PB harvest

93 set · 35 still standing

Sihan Jiao (焦思涵) — 3×3 single 8.86: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Jiangshan Zha (查江山) — Pyraminx single 3.41: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Dezheng Jia (贾德正) — Pyraminx single 3.64: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Yuhao Wang (王煜皓) — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Haokun Zou (邹昊坤) — Pyraminx single 4.47: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Zhaofei Liu (刘兆菲) — Pyraminx single 5.09: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Xinzhe Sun (孙新哲) — Pyraminx single 5.14: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Jiaqi Liu (刘家琦) — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

111 competitors · 460 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. Zhi Li (李志) won it with a 10.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.