Competitions · China

Inner Mongolia Summer 2017

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia · 5 August 2017 · 13 events · 158 competitors · 164 personal bests

Zijia Feng (冯子甲) won two of the 13 events (4×4, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sheng Cao (曹晟) by 0.12 seconds. 158 competitors produced 164 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 73 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Anyu Zhang (张安宇) set the 6×6 single continental record: 1:37.57.

Two wins

Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — 4×4, Square-1

0.12s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sheng Cao (曹晟) over Yi Wang (王旖)

164

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	7.21	7.92
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	1.61	2.44
4×4	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	30.37	32.35
5×5	Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)	1:02.25	1:07.51
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:37.57	1:51.95
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:30.12	2:38.99
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	23.95	25.63
3×3 one-handed	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	11.11	14.58
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	43.09	46.24
Pyraminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3.86	4.50
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.30	3.02
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	8.36	9.99
3×3 with feet	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	32.47	37.10

The PB harvest

164 set · 53 still standing

Anyu Zhang (张安宇) — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Qi Zhou (周祺) — 4×4 single 35.13: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Chuanxu Yan (严传旭) — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Yikang Chen (陈毅康) — Skewb single 3.66: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — Megaminx single 57.71: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Gen Li (李根) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.24: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Yiyi Xing (邢祎祎) — 2×2 single 2.69: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Chenxiao He (何辰骁) — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

73 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

158 competitors · 1046 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 7.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

158 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.