Competitions · China

Linhai Newcomers 2025

Taizhou, Zhejiang · 15 March 2025 · 5 events · 118 competitors · 68 personal bests

Yening Liu (刘烨宁) won two of the five events (Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yening Liu (刘烨宁) by 0.13 seconds. 118 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yening Liu (刘烨宁) set the Clock average national record: 3.43.

Two wins

Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — Clock, Pyraminx

0.13s

closest final — Pyraminx, Yening Liu (刘烨宁) over Ziheng Feng (冯梓恒)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	4.52	5.12
2×2	Xulang Li (黎旭朗)	1.24	1.80
Clock	Yening Liu (刘烨宁)	3.24	3.91
Pyraminx	Yening Liu (刘烨宁)	1.12	2.41
Skewb	Zihao Qian (钱梓豪)	2.22	2.53

The PB harvest

68 set · 34 still standing

Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — Pyraminx single 1.12: into the top 0.094% of the event's history.
Yuxuan Wu (吴雨轩) — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Chengjie Bao (包成杰) — Clock single 3.51: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) — 3×3 single 7.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Ziyun Wang (王子云) — Pyraminx single 2.44: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Chuanyin Ju (鞠传垠) — Pyraminx single 2.45: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Nachuan Sun (孙纳川) — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Zhe Wang (王哲) — Pyraminx single 3.31: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

118 competitors · 554 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

118 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.