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Competitions · China

Lanzhou Open 2018

Lanzhou, Gansu · 22 April 2018 · 7 events · 73 competitors · 74 personal bests

Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jack Pan (潘杰康) by 0.01 seconds. 73 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ning Wu (吴宁) took a Pyraminx single of 23.71 down to 12.10, 49 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — Skewb, Jack Pan (潘杰康) over Pengfei Luo (罗芃霏)
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程)8.368.99
2×2Jack Pan (潘杰康)1.521.91
4×4Zijia Feng (冯子甲)31.3433.55
5×5Zijia Feng (冯子甲)1:06.381:14.10
3×3 one-handedPengcheng Wang (王鹏程)14.4715.60
PyraminxSiyu Wang (王思予)2.403.15
SkewbJack Pan (潘杰康)5.255.83

The PB harvest

74 set · 29 still standing

First-timers

36 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

73 competitors · 297 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. Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) won it with a 8.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.