Competitions · China

Nanchang Winter 2019

Nanchang, Jiangxi · 21 December 2019 · 9 events · 110 competitors · 87 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won four of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yusheng Du (杜宇生) by 0.06 seconds. 110 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Han Wang (王瀚) took a 3×3 single of 18.67 down to 8.82, 53 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Yusheng Du (杜宇生) over Guojie Wang (王国杰)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	6.40	8.54
2×2	Xinyun Chen (陈新运)	2.52	3.15
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	27.19	29.37
5×5	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	54.09	57.75
7×7	Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率)	2:16.12	2:23.71
3×3 blindfolded	Cheng Zhang (张成)	44.14	—
Megaminx	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	57.64	59.64
Pyraminx	Yaxing Wang (王亚兴)	2.75	3.33
Square-1	Zhoupeng Yang (杨周澎)	9.81	10.78

The PB harvest

87 set · 49 still standing

Qiang Gong (龚强) — 3×3 single 7.69: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Zihan Xu (徐子涵) — 3×3 single 8.42: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Yizhou Wang (王翼洲) — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率) — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Zhijian Wang (王志坚) — 3×3 single 9.40: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Liang He (何梁) — Megaminx single 54.91: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Cheng Zhang (张成) — 3×3 blindfolded single 44.14: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Liang He (何梁) — 3×3 single 10.42: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

110 competitors · 390 results · 9 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 8.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

110 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.