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Nanchang Open 2015

Nanchang, Jiangxi · 14 June 2015 · 7 events · 65 competitors · 42 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won two of the seven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lin Chen (陈霖) by 0.02 seconds. 65 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Liyan He (何丽艳) took a 3×3 single of 32.62 down to 20.64, 37 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Lin Chen (陈霖) — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Lin Chen (陈霖) over Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)8.539.08
2×2Lin Chen (陈霖)2.423.02
4×4Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)36.6838.85
3×3 blindfoldedTianyu Zhao (赵天愉)1:12.31
3×3 one-handedLin Chen (陈霖)12.7413.60
PyraminxChunyu Zhang (张春雨)3.505.40
SkewbZongyang Li (李宗阳)3.624.86

The PB harvest

42 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

65 competitors · 275 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 9.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.