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Competitions · China

Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018

Nanchang, Jiangxi · 5 May 2018 · 14 events · 126 competitors · 129 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won three of the 14 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yusheng Du (杜宇生) by 0.22 seconds. 126 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Xuming Wang (王旭明) set the 6×6 single national record: 1:32.63.

Three wins
Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.22s
closest final — 3×3, Yusheng Du (杜宇生) over Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)
129
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yusheng Du (杜宇生)7.698.22
2×2Yusheng Du (杜宇生)2.502.84
4×4Xuming Wang (王旭明)28.1331.96
5×5Xuming Wang (王旭明)52.7057.48
6×6Xuming Wang (王旭明)1:32.631:41.91
7×7Anyu Zhang (张安宇)2:31.522:33.30
3×3 blindfoldedXin Shi (石欣)29.67
3×3 one-handedRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)12.6514.02
ClockXinan He (何栖楠)5.327.03
MegaminxRenxin Tang (汤任欣)45.0147.14
PyraminxBoxi Chen (陈博希)2.643.32
SkewbGuangda Liu (刘广达)3.094.45
Square-1Chilin Fang (方炽霖)10.1616.40
4×4 blindfoldedXin Shi (石欣)3:38.17

The PB harvest

129 set · 50 still standing

First-timers

53 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

126 competitors · 723 results · 14 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 8.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

126 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.