Competitions · China

Luoyang Spring 2018

Luoyang, Henan · 15 April 2018 · 7 events · 102 competitors · 81 personal bests

Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) by 0.07 seconds. 102 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tingyang Wu (吴汀洋) took a 3×3 single of 37.48 down to 15.42, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — 3×3, 2×2

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) over Haibo Sui (隋海波)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	8.50	10.88
2×2	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	1.96	3.57
4×4	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	29.32	34.03
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	24.19	—
3×3 one-handed	Diwen Xu (许帝文)	14.81	16.17
Pyraminx	Chengyang Du (杜成洋)	3.81	4.03
Skewb	Guangda Liu (刘广达)	3.41	4.75

The PB harvest

81 set · 35 still standing

Haibo Sui (隋海波) — 4×4 single 32.47: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Siming Liu (刘思铭) — 3×3 single 11.50: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Jie Ma (马杰) — Pyraminx single 5.05: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Boyi Deng (邓博弈) — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Shan Jiang (江山) — Pyraminx single 5.80: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Shan Jiang (江山) — 3×3 one-handed single 20.51: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Ke Jiang (蒋珂) — 3×3 single 14.33: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Tingyang Wu (吴汀洋) — 3×3 single 15.42: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 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

102 competitors · 427 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. Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) won it with a 10.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.