Competitions · China

China Championship 2018

Beijing · 2 October 2018 · 18 events · 539 competitors · 1013 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won four of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Xuechao Zhang (张学超) by 0.08 seconds. 539 competitors produced 1013 personal bests, 414 of which still stand today.

The moment

A world record

Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) set the Clock average world record: 4.56.

Four wins

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.08s

closest final — Square-1, Xuechao Zhang (张学超) over Zijia Feng (冯子甲)

1013

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antoine Cantin	6.49	7.26
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.42	1.71
4×4	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	23.34	27.26
5×5	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	43.89	47.68
6×6	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	1:24.98	1:26.96
7×7	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	2:10.48	2:11.67
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	21.07	22.60
3×3 Fewest Moves	Walker Welch	26 moves	27.00
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	11.04	12.54
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	4.73	5.76
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	36.64	39.22
Pyraminx	Xingkai Yin (尹星凯)	2.16	2.79
Skewb	Qijun Miao (缪其隽)	2.58	2.79
Square-1	Xuechao Zhang (张学超)	7.85	9.12
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:54.17	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	3:57.94	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	39 of 45 cubes · 1:00:00	—
3×3 with feet	Chengming Su (苏成明)	24.74	28.58

The PB harvest

1013 set · 414 still standing

Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) — Skewb single 1.46: into the top 0.4% of the event's history.
Xinyuan Fan (范歆远) — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Rui Ma (马睿) — Skewb single 2.06: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Yexin Cai (蔡烨欣) — Pyraminx single 2.59: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Zaiyang Zhang (张在旸) — Pyraminx single 2.61: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Yizhou Zhang (张乂洲) — Skewb single 2.53: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Zixin Li (李子鑫) — Pyraminx single 2.84: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Zetong Zheng (郑泽同) — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

539 competitors · 3926 results · 18 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. Antoine Cantin won it with a 7.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

539 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.