Competitions · China

Nanjing Autumn 2019

Nanjing, Jiangsu · 3 November 2019 · 5 events · 111 competitors · 95 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won two of the five events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jack Pan (潘杰康) by 0.36 seconds. 111 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Shanmo Wu (伍珊墨) took a Pyraminx single of 41.18 down to 10.72, 74 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 4×4, 5×5

0.36s

closest final — 2×2, Jack Pan (潘杰康) over Lukas Shelley

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	6.54	7.33
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.42	1.58
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	28.10	28.78
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	49.12	52.95
Pyraminx	Lining Wang (王立宁)	2.42	3.12

The PB harvest

95 set · 59 still standing

Chengyu Ye (叶成宇) — Pyraminx single 2.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Yanchen Weng (翁彦辰) — Pyraminx single 2.78: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ziyue Chen (陈子悦) — Pyraminx single 2.79: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Xinwei Zhou (周欣伟) — 3×3 single 8.16: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Jinhao Zheng (郑金昊) — 3×3 single 8.36: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Hongtu Gu (古宏图) — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Hongtu Gu (古宏图) — 3×3 single 8.85: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Nanqin Ding (丁南钦) — 3×3 single 9.50: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

111 competitors · 433 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. Lukas Shelley won it with a 7.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.