Competitions · China

Hefei Spring 2012

Hefei, Anhui Province · 10 March 2012 · 14 events · 59 competitors · 123 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won five of the 14 events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Hongyu Zhou (周翃羽) by 0.12 seconds. 59 competitors produced 123 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Lin Chen (陈霖) set the 7×7 single world record: 3:13.11.

Five wins

Lin Chen (陈霖) — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — Magic, Hongyu Zhou (周翃羽) over Shuai Liu (刘帅)

123

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lin Chen (陈霖)	11.03	11.79
2×2	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	1.81	2.88
4×4	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	41.09	45.93
5×5	Lin Chen (陈霖)	1:08.11	1:10.09
6×6	Lin Chen (陈霖)	2:19.53	2:23.75
7×7	Lin Chen (陈霖)	3:13.11	3:20.47
3×3 one-handed	Lin Chen (陈霖)	14.03	16.03
Clock	Yiwei Wang (王祎玮)	14.78	15.60
Megaminx	Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)	1:10.05	1:16.17
Pyraminx	Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)	6.69	7.36
Square-1	Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)	24.19	29.65
3×3 with feet	Huan Yuan (袁欢)	1:32.34	2:26.45
Magic	Hongyu Zhou (周翃羽)	1.16	1.45
Master Magic	Yang Yang (杨洋)	2.02	2.50

The PB harvest

123 set · 30 still standing

Meng'an Pu (浦梦安) — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Jin Yang (杨晋) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.41: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Chenxi Shan (单晨曦) — Master Magic single 2.80: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Xianqi Wu (吴贤琦) — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Yiqun Fan (樊轶群) — Magic single 1.27: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) — Megaminx single 1:10.05: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Yunfa Cao (曹云发) — Square-1 single 15.44: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Shengcheng Chang (昌盛成) — 3×3 single 13.21: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 479 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

59 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.