Competitions · China

Hangzhou Spring 2018

Hangzhou · 17 March 2018 · 11 events · 141 competitors · 175 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won three of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lukas Shelley by 0.00 seconds. 141 competitors produced 175 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Xuming Wang (王旭明) set the 5×5 single national record: 51.09.

Three wins

Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.00s

closest final — 3×3, Lukas Shelley over Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)

175

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	7.26	8.36
2×2	Lukas Shelley	2.02	2.79
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	27.04	30.87
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	51.09	57.36
6×6	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	1:46.98	1:53.41
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	24.99	—
3×3 one-handed	Lin Chen (陈霖)	12.52	13.24
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	4.65	5.92
Skewb	Qi Zhou (周祺)	2.83	3.75
5×5 blindfolded	Shenghai Fang (方胜海)	9:47.54	—
3×3 with feet	Weisheng Chen (陈伟胜)	26.04	31.44

The PB harvest

175 set · 40 still standing

Yu Tang (唐语) — 3×3 single 6.53: into the top 0.88% of the event's history.
Weihan Zhang (张巍瀚) — 3×3 single 7.54: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Xiaojie Jiang (蒋孝杰) — 4×4 single 30.80: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Wenzheng Huang (黄文政) — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Xiangjie Li (李祥杰) — Clock single 6.06: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Qi Zhou (周祺) — 3×3 with feet single 45.45: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Zhihao Wang (王志豪) — 3×3 single 10.52: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Lin Chen (陈琳) — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

141 competitors · 708 results · 11 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. Lukas Shelley won it with a 8.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

141 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.