Competitions · China

Inner Mongolia Winter 2018

Hohhot · 3 February 2018 · 11 events · 122 competitors · 185 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won two of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Siyu Wang (王思予) by 0.07 seconds. 122 competitors produced 185 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 43 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: 1:35.27.

Two wins

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3, 2×2

0.07s

closest final — Pyraminx, Siyu Wang (王思予) over Sheng Cao (曹晟)

185

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	8.16	8.91
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	2.34	2.77
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	28.93	29.65
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	55.70	59.60
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:35.27	1:41.38
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:22.74	2:30.04
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	12.50	14.61
Megaminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	45.16	47.32
Pyraminx	Siyu Wang (王思予)	3.46	3.70
Skewb	Xiang Meng (孟响)	3.33	4.34
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	6.78	9.16

The PB harvest

185 set · 58 still standing

Boxi Chen (陈博希) — 3×3 single 7.34: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Hao Chang (常皓) — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Haoxiang Zhao (赵昊翔) — 4×4 single 35.43: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Yi Zhao (赵轶) — 3×3 single 10.04: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Hebai Zhang (张鹤白) — 3×3 single 10.45: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Yi Zhao (赵轶) — 4×4 single 38.50: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Zichen Zhao (赵子辰) — 3×3 single 11.65: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Chengsheng Qian (钱程圣) — 3×3 single 12.90: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 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

122 competitors · 664 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 8.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

122 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.