Competitions · China

Zibo Open 2018

Zibo, Shandong · 1 December 2018 · 5 events · 142 competitors · 93 personal bests

Xinyun Chen (陈新运) won two of the five events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) by 0.07 seconds. 142 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jingyou Xu (徐靖优) took a 3×3 single of 1:17.17 down to 28.11, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded

0.07s

closest final — Pyraminx, Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) over Yilin Miao (苗宜琳)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhi Li (李志)	7.39	8.20
2×2	Xinyun Chen (陈新运)	1.80	2.34
3×3 blindfolded	Xinyun Chen (陈新运)	41.10	—
3×3 one-handed	Mingyu Liu (刘铭宇)	13.68	15.38
Pyraminx	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	3.90	4.31

The PB harvest

93 set · 30 still standing

Chenghao Guo (国成浩) — 3×3 single 8.18: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Baizhen Kuang (匡柏臻) — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Yingjie Jian (简英杰) — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Zhi Li (李志) — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Junchi Wang (王骏驰) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.64: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Xinyao Gao (高歆尧) — Pyraminx single 3.61: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Junchi Wang (王骏驰) — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Jinhan Wang (王金涵) — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 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

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

The field

142 competitors · 488 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 8.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

142 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.