Competitions · China

Beijing Winter 2018

Beijing · 31 December 2018 · 8 events · 225 competitors · 161 personal bests

Weihao Kong (孔维浩) won the 3×3 with a 8.37 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) by 0.03 seconds. 225 competitors produced 161 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 89 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vitor Jose Shen (沈偉棟) set the Pyraminx single national record: 8.92.

events decided

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) over Jinlin Jiang (江锦林)

161

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Weihao Kong (孔维浩)	7.38	8.37
2×2	Yinqin Li (李尹钦)	1.48	2.40
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	27.56	—
3×3 one-handed	Zaiyang Zhang (张在旸)	10.84	15.01
Clock	Dongzhe Li (李东哲)	6.64	7.25
Pyraminx	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	2.30	4.44
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.75	3.24
Square-1	Boqin Zhao (赵博钦)	8.54	9.21

The PB harvest

161 set · 59 still standing

Yubo Ji (纪宇博) — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Hao Xiong (熊豪) — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Zhaoyu Huai (槐钊玉) — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Shengxiang Cui (崔盛翔) — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Yikai Wang (王奕凯) — 3×3 single 10.19: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Yizhou Zhang (张乂洲) — Clock single 6.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Jinlin Jiang (江锦林) — 3×3 single 10.61: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Pengrui Xiang (向鹏睿) — Pyraminx single 4.57: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

89 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

225 competitors · 840 results · 8 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. Weihao Kong (孔维浩) won it with a 8.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

225 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.