Competitions · China

Nanjing Autumn 2018

Nanjing, Jiangsu · 17 November 2018 · 11 events · 110 competitors · 155 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won four of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥) by 0.02 seconds. 110 competitors produced 155 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Xuming Wang (王旭明) set the 5×5 average national record: 53.69.

Four wins

Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥) over Jack Pan (潘杰康)

155

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	7.05	8.05
2×2	Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥)	1.54	2.14
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	27.08	28.26
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	49.81	53.69
6×6	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	1:37.37	1:47.71
7×7	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	2:32.22	2:50.07
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	10.60	11.96
Clock	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	5.71	7.13
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	36.31	37.33
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	2.44	2.76
Skewb	Qi Zhou (周祺)	2.80	3.40

The PB harvest

155 set · 70 still standing

Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥) — Pyraminx single 1.60: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) — Skewb single 1.97: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Yujiang Wang (王玉江) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.94: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Zongwen Mu (牟宗文) — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Ran An (安然) — Pyraminx single 2.92: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Wenzheng Huang (黄文政) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.77: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
He Zheng (郑赫) — 3×3 single 9.74: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Wenzheng Huang (黄文政) — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

110 competitors · 798 results · 11 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 8.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.