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Competitions · China

Lanzhou Autumn 2019

Lanzhou, Gansu · 27 October 2019 · 7 events · 81 competitors · 92 personal bests

Yijia Chen (陈奕佳) won two of the seven events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yijia Chen (陈奕佳) by 0.05 seconds. 81 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 80 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Wenjie Cao (曹文杰) took a 2×2 single of 7.77 down to 2.59, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Yijia Chen (陈奕佳) — 2×2, Pyraminx
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Yijia Chen (陈奕佳) over Haozhi Pan (潘颢之)
92
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yihan Chen (陈奕涵)6.987.99
2×2Yijia Chen (陈奕佳)1.572.19
4×4Yunhui Shi (石蕴辉)37.0138.74
5×5Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)1:10.291:17.92
ClockChengxiang Cui (崔程翔)8.289.19
PyraminxYijia Chen (陈奕佳)4.424.56
SkewbHaodong Cheng (程昊东)3.794.84

The PB harvest

92 set · 80 still standing

First-timers

25 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

81 competitors · 391 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. Yihan Chen (陈奕涵) won it with a 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.