Competitions · China

Anyang Open 2019

Anyang, Henan · 6 April 2019 · 6 events · 118 competitors · 125 personal bests

Zibo Xu (徐子博) won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦) by 0.12 seconds. 118 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lu Zhang (张璐) took a 2×2 single of 23.36 down to 7.22, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦) over Yunzhe Jia (贾云哲)

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	6.30	7.78
2×2	Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦)	2.65	3.07
4×4	Yunzhe Jia (贾云哲)	36.50	38.57
3×3 one-handed	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	12.13	15.01
Pyraminx	Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)	3.26	3.71
Skewb	Haodong Cheng (程昊东)	4.23	5.45

The PB harvest

125 set · 47 still standing

Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦) — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — 3×3 single 7.96: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Zhexuan Chen (陈哲轩) — 3×3 single 9.12: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Yunzhe Jia (贾云哲) — Pyraminx single 3.43: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Linxiao Xu (徐林霄) — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.29: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Yunzhe Jia (贾云哲) — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Yunzhe Jia (贾云哲) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.64: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

118 competitors · 600 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 7.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

118 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.