Competitions · China

Nanchang Open 2017

Nanchang, Jiangxi · 11 November 2017 · 15 events · 111 competitors · 117 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the 15 events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) by 0.02 seconds. 111 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 4×4 blindfolded average world record: 1:43.13.

Three wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) over Shenghai Fang (方胜海)

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	7.83	8.41
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.61	1.80
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	27.45	33.87
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	57.31	1:05.36
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:56.26	1:58.29
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:26.46	2:37.17
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	21.58	23.14
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ziheng Ma (马子恒)	25 moves	28.67
3×3 one-handed	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	12.88	13.76
Megaminx	Wenhao He (贺文浩)	1:03.53	1:10.33
Pyraminx	Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)	5.53	6.18
Skewb	Qi Zhou (周祺)	2.74	3.82
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:37.55	1:43.13
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	32 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00	—
3×3 with feet	Weisheng Chen (陈伟胜)	29.89	35.06

The PB harvest

117 set · 36 still standing

Song Wang (王松) — 3×3 single 9.32: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Hongyi Hu (胡泓毅) — 3×3 single 11.56: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Daqian Liu (刘大前) — 4×4 single 40.65: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Wenhao He (贺文浩) — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Shan Jiang (江山) — Skewb single 4.34: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Xinhai Shi (石鑫海) — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Jiankun Wu (吴健坤) — 4×4 single 42.83: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 607 results · 15 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. Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won it with a 8.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.