Competitions · China

Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021

Chengdu, Sichuan · 3 January 2021 · 5 events · 85 competitors · 23 personal bests

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) won four of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) by 0.03 seconds. 85 competitors produced 23 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 57 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 10.49.

Four wins

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) over Yusheng Du (杜宇生)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	6.65	7.06
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.49	1.89
3×3 one-handed	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	8.18	10.49
Pyraminx	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	2.09	3.41
Skewb	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	4.76	5.16

The PB harvest

23 set · 14 still standing

Jinzhao Li (李今朝) — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Tongming Shi (石童鸣) — 3×3 single 8.12: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Tongming Shi (石童鸣) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.85: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Yancheng Lai (赖彦丞) — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Runwei Xu (许润玮) — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Futian Tan (谈符天) — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Ziwei Yuan (袁子为) — 3×3 one-handed single 20.45: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Wangkai Jiang (蒋汪锴) — 3×3 single 15.10: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

57 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

85 competitors · 230 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. Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) won it with a 7.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.