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Beijing Spring 2014

Beijing · 19 April 2014 · 10 events · 23 competitors · 20 personal bests

Liping Jia (贾立平) won two of the ten events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Huixuan Shi (施慧轩) by 0.60 seconds. 23 competitors produced 20 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Chen Kang (亢晨) took a Skewb single of 21.14 down to 11.73, 45 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Liping Jia (贾立平) — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.60s
closest final — 3×3, Huixuan Shi (施慧轩) over Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜)
20
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Huixuan Shi (施慧轩)10.1011.88
2×2Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜)2.423.73
3×3 blindfoldedLiping Jia (贾立平)37.67
3×3 Fewest MovesBaiqiang Dong (董百强)30 moves31.67
3×3 one-handedLiping Jia (贾立平)15.6219.41
MegaminxXinrui Li (李昕蕊)1:07.941:12.02
PyraminxBowen Deng (邓博文)3.115.56
SkewbYihao Zhao (赵羿皓)5.737.57
4×4 blindfoldedYuxin Wang (王宇欣)8:10.19
5×5 blindfoldedYuxin Wang (王宇欣)

The PB harvest

20 set · 3 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

23 competitors · 99 results · 10 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. Huixuan Shi (施慧轩) won it with a 11.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.