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Competitions · China

Lanzhou Autumn 2018

Lanzhou, Gansu · 14 October 2018 · 7 events · 78 competitors · 58 personal bests

Juzheng Yue (岳巨政) won the 3×3 with a 10.87 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Juzheng Yue (岳巨政) by 0.64 seconds. 78 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Liyang Zhang (张利阳) took a Pyraminx single of 22.92 down to 7.71, 66 percent better in one day.

7
events decided
0.64s
closest final — 3×3, Juzheng Yue (岳巨政) over Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
58
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juzheng Yue (岳巨政)9.4310.87
2×2Xinyun Chen (陈新运)2.402.88
4×4Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)34.5840.12
3×3 blindfoldedYiwei Liu (刘伊玮)29.11
MegaminxQingpo Niu (牛青坡)53.1358.24
PyraminxSiyu Wang (王思予)3.183.36
Square-1Tong Liu (刘童)10.0812.18

The PB harvest

58 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

37 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

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

The field

78 competitors · 349 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. Juzheng Yue (岳巨政) won it with a 10.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.