Competitions · China

Dalian Winter 2017

Dalian, Liaoning · 3 December 2017 · 7 events · 114 competitors · 101 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Shuai Hu (胡帅) by 0.20 seconds. 114 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 62 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Fangxi Shi (史芳溪) took a 3×3 one-handed single of 2:01.80 down to 16.68, 86 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded

0.20s

closest final — Skewb, Shuai Hu (胡帅) over Mo Xue (薛墨)

101

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	6.94	8.72
2×2	Shujie Fang (方述杰)	2.10	2.83
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	33.79	35.59
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	21.92	25.29
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	12.85	15.20
Pyraminx	Chuhe Fang (方楚贺)	3.48	4.49
Skewb	Shuai Hu (胡帅)	4.43	4.86

The PB harvest

101 set · 38 still standing

Mo Xue (薛墨) — Skewb single 2.39: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Yiming Liu (刘一鸣) — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Chuhe Fang (方楚贺) — 3×3 single 8.77: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3 blindfolded single 33.56: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Shujie Fang (方述杰) — 4×4 single 34.97: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Zixi Yan (严子希) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.31: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Fangxi Shi (史芳溪) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.68: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Ziyang Xu (徐子洋) — 4×4 single 40.30: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

62 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

114 competitors · 461 results · 7 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. Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won it with a 8.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.