Competitions · China

Hefei Spring 2019

Hefei, Anhui · 23 March 2019 · 13 events · 188 competitors · 239 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) by 0.27 seconds. 188 competitors produced 239 personal bests, 93 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) set the Megaminx single national record: 32.44.

Four wins

Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.27s

closest final — 2×2, Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) over Xulang Li (黎旭朗)

239

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	6.55	7.31
2×2	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	1.48	1.77
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	28.58	32.86
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	51.09	55.61
6×6	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	1:36.23	1:42.38
7×7	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	2:32.26	2:38.53
3×3 blindfolded	Chunjie Shan (单淳劼)	29.10	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	12.37	13.81
Clock	Qiyu Hou (侯启予)	5.98	6.36
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	32.44	37.98
Pyraminx	Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥)	1.80	2.35
Skewb	Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣)	2.38	3.31
Square-1	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	8.02	9.28

The PB harvest

239 set · 93 still standing

Jiayin Xu (徐嘉胤) — Pyraminx single 2.57: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Yunfan Li (李云帆) — 3×3 single 8.05: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Chenwei Li (李琛炜) — Clock single 4.56: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Yunzhao Tan (谭云钊) — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Shifei Dai (代时飞) — Pyraminx single 3.00: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Han Dong (董晗) — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Tianze Chen (陈天泽) — 3×3 single 9.27: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Yuxiao Lu (陆语骁) — Pyraminx single 3.56: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

188 competitors · 1104 results · 13 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 7.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

188 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.