Competitions · China

Nanjing Autumn 2016

Nanjing, Jiangsu · 16 October 2016 · 6 events · 132 competitors · 84 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Boxi Chen (陈博希) by 0.07 seconds. 132 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 66 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jincheng Xu (徐金城) took a 2×2 single of 18.90 down to 8.84, 53 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — Pyraminx, Boxi Chen (陈博希) over Zian Song (宋子安)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	6.72	8.51
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.93	2.26
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	31.14	34.00
3×3 blindfolded	Jun Xu (徐俊)	33.80	34.32
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	11.74	15.81
Pyraminx	Boxi Chen (陈博希)	3.24	4.42

The PB harvest

84 set · 22 still standing

Yinzhen Huang (黄尹真) — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jun Xu (徐俊) — 3×3 blindfolded single 33.80: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Wenliang Xu (徐文亮) — 3×3 single 10.75: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Shifei Dai (代时飞) — 2×2 single 2.97: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Hanlin Ding (丁瀚林) — 3×3 single 12.01: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Xin Zhou (周鑫) — 3×3 single 12.21: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Yifeng Zhao (赵益沣) — 2×2 single 3.29: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Yifeng Zhao (赵益沣) — 3×3 single 13.90: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

66 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

132 competitors · 445 results · 6 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 8.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

132 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.