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Competitions · China

Lanzhou Spring 2019

Lanzhou, Gansu · 11 May 2019 · 13 events · 101 competitors · 153 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won five of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Chong Feng (冯崇) by 0.11 seconds. 101 competitors produced 153 personal bests, 84 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zongqi Liu (刘宗奇) took a Megaminx single of 3:44.35 down to 1:49.67, 51 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Chong Feng (冯崇) over Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程)
153
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程)6.798.98
2×2Chong Feng (冯崇)2.482.97
4×4Xuming Wang (王旭明)22.7628.37
5×5Xuming Wang (王旭明)49.8357.65
6×6Xuming Wang (王旭明)1:44.541:46.58
7×7Xuming Wang (王旭明)2:32.452:42.24
3×3 blindfoldedJiachi Han (韩佳池)1:11.60
3×3 one-handedXuming Wang (王旭明)13.7116.60
ClockZongqi Liu (刘宗奇)12.6414.07
MegaminxHaozhi Pan (潘颢之)57.591:10.91
PyraminxFanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)2.833.10
SkewbXianglong Gao (高向龙)3.954.84
Square-1Zihao Wang (王子豪)12.7714.38

The PB harvest

153 set · 84 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

101 competitors · 658 results · 13 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 8.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.