Competitions · China

Zibo Open 2026

Zibo, Shandong · 24 October 2026 · 5 events · 207 competitors · 89 personal bests

Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won the 3×3 with a 4.46 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Zizhen Li (李子贞) by 0.02 seconds. 207 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 87 of which still stand today, and 122 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Cenhao Sun (孙涔皓) took a Pyraminx single of 27.33 down to 6.90, 75 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Zizhen Li (李子贞) over Yanbo Liu (刘彦博)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	3.59	4.46
2×2	Bofu Cao (曹柏辅)	0.53	1.50
3×3 one-handed	Ruijia Gan (甘瑞嘉)	10.54	13.26
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	0.94	1.25
Skewb	Zizhen Li (李子贞)	1.74	2.10

The PB harvest

89 set · 87 still standing

Bofu Cao (曹柏辅) — Pyraminx single 0.93: into the top 0.016% of the event's history.
Bofu Cao (曹柏辅) — 2×2 single 0.53: into the top 0.016% of the event's history.
Yanbo Liu (刘彦博) — 2×2 single 0.59: into the top 0.039% of the event's history.
Huisong Hu (胡惠淞) — 3×3 single 5.41: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Ruohan Yu (于若涵) — Pyraminx single 1.38: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
Jiayao Guo (郭家瑶) — 3×3 single 5.71: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Yanche Zhu (朱延澈) — Pyraminx single 1.52: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
Handi Huang (黄翰迪) — 2×2 single 0.97: into the top 0.51% of the event's history.

First-timers

122 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,926 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

207 competitors · 694 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. Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won it with a 4.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

207 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.