Competitions · China

ZUA Open 2017

Zhengzhou, Henan · 25 March 2017 · 14 events · 179 competitors · 176 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the 14 events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Zian Song (宋子安) by 0.14 seconds. 179 competitors produced 176 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 4×4 blindfolded average world record: 2:07.83.

Three wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded

0.14s

closest final — Pyraminx, Zian Song (宋子安) over Yingcheng Tong (童映程)

176

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	8.68	9.34
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	30.63	32.62
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:03.46	2:06.83
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	23.28	25.69
3×3 Fewest Moves	Baiqiang Dong (董百强)	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	13.29	14.63
Clock	Shengliang Cai (蔡盛梁)	5.50	6.70
Megaminx	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	53.01	55.62
Pyraminx	Zian Song (宋子安)	4.36	5.35
Skewb	Yingcheng Tong (童映程)	3.10	3.80
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	9.37	10.33
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:49.68	2:07.83
5×5 blindfolded	Shenghai Fang (方胜海)	15:10.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	35 of 36 cubes · 58:52	—

The PB harvest

176 set · 35 still standing

George Wu (吴尚儒) — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — 3×3 single 7.23: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Bo Wang (王擘) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.62: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Fangze Zheng (郑方泽) — 3×3 single 9.10: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — Skewb single 3.50: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Weiwen Zhang (章巍玟) — Skewb single 3.60: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Yongyi Xiong (熊永一) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.33: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Can Mao (毛灿) — 3×3 single 11.24: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

179 competitors · 689 results · 14 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. Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won it with a 9.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

179 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.