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Competitions · China

Guangzhou SCUT 2017

Guangzhou, Guangdong · 22 April 2017 · 6 events · 99 competitors · 65 personal bests

Weixing Zhang (张炜星) won the 3×3 with a 8.15 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Tianze Xu (徐天泽) by 0.12 seconds. 99 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kailong Li (李开隆) set the 5×5 single national record: 52.56.

6
events decided
0.12s
closest final — Skewb, Tianze Xu (徐天泽) over Mo Ji (季默)
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Weixing Zhang (张炜星)7.618.15
5×5Kailong Li (李开隆)52.561:03.21
ClockJiahao Deng (邓家豪)7.027.76
MegaminxTianlang Han (韩天朗)51.5655.26
SkewbTianze Xu (徐天泽)2.514.62
Square-1Jiawei Wu (伍嘉维)10.6913.26

The PB harvest

65 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

29 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

99 competitors · 291 results · 6 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. Weixing Zhang (张炜星) won it with a 8.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.