Competitions · China

Inner Mongolia Winter 2019

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia · 26 January 2019 · 7 events · 109 competitors · 99 personal bests

Anyu Zhang (张安宇) won two of the seven events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sheng Cao (曹晟) by 0.08 seconds. 109 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Songqian Wang (王淞仟) took a Skewb single of 14.03 down to 6.14, 56 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Anyu Zhang (张安宇) — 6×6, 7×7

0.08s

closest final — 3×3, Sheng Cao (曹晟) over Shaowei Hou (侯少尉)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	8.22	9.17
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	1.72	2.66
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:46.48	1:47.65
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:10.01	2:14.83
Megaminx	Aolin Tang (唐奥林)	42.34	45.97
Pyraminx	Siyu Wang (王思予)	2.82	3.53
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	3.02	3.57

The PB harvest

99 set · 59 still standing

Zhibin Jia (贾誌彬) — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Haidong Wang (王海东) — 3×3 single 9.43: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Yixi Li (李懿汐) — 3×3 single 9.77: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Zihao He (何梓豪) — 3×3 single 9.96: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Hongda Li (李洪达) — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Zihao He (何梓豪) — Skewb single 3.47: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Chunhao Liu (柳春浩) — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Yibo Zhang (张壹博) — Skewb single 3.79: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

109 competitors · 443 results · 7 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. Sheng Cao (曹晟) won it with a 9.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.