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Competitions · China

Zibo Open 2024

Zibo, Shandong · 19 May 2024 · 5 events · 135 competitors · 120 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Huining Huang (黄徽宁) by 0.15 seconds. 135 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jiate Xie (谢佳特) took a Skewb single of 5.49 down to 2.82, 49 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2
0.15s
closest final — Pyraminx, Huining Huang (黄徽宁) over Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)
120
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)4.004.91
2×2Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)0.771.16
3×3 blindfoldedYifan Wang (王逸帆)15.4817.30
PyraminxHuining Huang (黄徽宁)1.621.95
SkewbKaixi Guo (郭铠希)1.982.26

The PB harvest

120 set · 58 still standing

First-timers

32 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

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

The field

135 competitors · 530 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

135 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.