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Competitions · China

Chengdu New Year Morning 2021

Chengdu, Sichuan · 3 January 2021 · 5 events · 85 competitors · 56 personal bests

Guanbo Wang (王冠博) won two of the five events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Tianhao Mo (莫天皓) by 0.02 seconds. 85 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yi Tang (唐翼) took a 2×2 single of 11.09 down to 4.03, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Guanbo Wang (王冠博) — 2×2, Pyraminx
0.02s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Tianhao Mo (莫天皓) over Yibo Wang (王奕博)
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)5.797.20
2×2Guanbo Wang (王冠博)1.381.87
3×3 one-handedTianhao Mo (莫天皓)12.3113.59
PyraminxGuanbo Wang (王冠博)2.523.73
SkewbYifan Meng (孟一凡)3.663.88

The PB harvest

56 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

37 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

85 competitors · 228 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.