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Competitions · China

Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018

Nanchang, Jiangxi · 8 July 2018 · 6 events · 91 competitors · 61 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) by 0.47 seconds. 91 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) set the 4×4 single national record: 24.17.

Two wins
Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 4×4
0.47s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) over Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)7.167.68
2×2Jack Pan (潘杰康)1.411.70
4×4Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)30.1132.91
3×3 blindfoldedShenghai Fang (方胜海)38.8842.86
3×3 one-handedRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)12.9014.10
3×3 with feetRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)27.6132.92

The PB harvest

61 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

37 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 326 results · 6 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 7.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.