Competitions · China

Hefei Summer 2018

Hefei, Anhui · 14 July 2018 · 13 events · 201 competitors · 256 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 Jack Pan (潘杰康) by 0.06 seconds. 201 competitors produced 256 personal bests, 90 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) set the Clock single continental record: 4.13.

Four wins

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

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Jack Pan (潘杰康) over Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)

256

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	7.44	7.94
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.79	2.06
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	26.84	29.11
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	52.21	56.94
6×6	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	1:40.79	1:45.17
7×7	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	2:33.85	2:46.15
3×3 blindfolded	Yichuan Xie (谢逸川)	22.85	—
3×3 one-handed	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	9.22	12.49
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	4.69	5.63
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	39.18	43.35
Pyraminx	Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)	2.29	3.51
Skewb	Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣)	3.18	3.74
Square-1	Xuechao Zhang (张学超)	7.12	9.16

The PB harvest

256 set · 90 still standing

Yingcheng Tong (童映程) — Skewb single 1.30: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Yuxin Tang (唐宇鑫) — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Junru Wang (王珺儒) — Clock single 4.68: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Jinshun Li (李金顺) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.63: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Jun Wang (王俊) — Pyraminx single 3.21: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Chang Hu (胡昶) — 3×3 single 9.17: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Yuan Qian (钱源) — 3×3 single 9.53: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Zeyu Xie (谢泽宇) — 3×3 single 9.84: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

201 competitors · 1186 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 7.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

201 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.