Competitions · China

Nanchang Winter 2025

Nanchang, Jiangxi · 23 November 2025 · 5 events · 168 competitors · 86 personal bests

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) by 0.28 seconds. 168 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhen Xia (夏榛) took a 2×2 single of 5.54 down to 1.98, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — 3×3, 4×4

0.28s

closest final — 2×2, Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) over Tian Xia (夏天)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	4.40	5.54
2×2	Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)	0.91	1.23
4×4	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	19.38	23.09
3×3 blindfolded	Hongjie Zhang (张鸿杰)	22.51	—
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.39	1.52

The PB harvest

86 set · 54 still standing

Weishen Wei (魏微深) — 3×3 single 5.20: into the top 0.16% of the event's history.
Hua Huang (黄华) — 3×3 single 6.07: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
Gefei Yang (杨歌斐) — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Igor Kolosov (Игорь Колосов) — 3×3 single 6.92: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Kangjin Liu (刘康琎) — 2×2 single 1.27: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Qianhan Zhang (张乾翰) — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Junchen Wu (巫俊辰) — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Wei Xi (席玮) — 3×3 single 8.40: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

168 competitors · 537 results · 5 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. Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won it with a 5.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

168 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.