Competitions · China

Nanchang Open 2016

Nanchang, Jiangxi · 10 July 2016 · 8 events · 78 competitors · 80 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Zhenyu Zhang (张振宇) by 0.60 seconds. 78 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Weixing Zhang (张炜星) set the 4×4 single national record: 25.68.

Two wins

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.60s

closest final — Skewb, Zhenyu Zhang (张振宇) over Qi Zhou (周祺)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	6.43	8.10
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.73	2.35
4×4	Weixing Zhang (张炜星)	31.39	32.59
5×5	Weixing Zhang (张炜星)	59.63	1:10.10
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	38.90	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	12.48	13.15
Pyraminx	Boxi Chen (陈博希)	2.99	5.01
Skewb	Zhenyu Zhang (张振宇)	3.26	4.31

The PB harvest

80 set · 18 still standing

Zhenyu Zhang (张振宇) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.01: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Chengjia Jiang (江承佳) — Pyraminx single 4.51: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Daqian Liu (刘大前) — 3×3 single 11.85: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Hao Chen (陈昊) — 2×2 single 3.45: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
Yazhou Gu (辜亚洲) — 3×3 single 14.89: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
Hao Chen (陈昊) — 3×3 one-handed single 22.70: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
Yucheng Pan (潘俞诚) — 2×2 single 4.55: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.
Heng Liu (刘恒) — 3×3 single 18.04: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 392 results · 8 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 8.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.