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Competitions · China

Nanjing Spring 2014

Nanjing · 7 April 2014 · 8 events · 73 competitors · 55 personal bests

Congbiao Jiang (蒋丛骉) won two of the eight events (5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) by 0.20 seconds. 73 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jinhao Zheng (郑金昊) took a Square-1 single of 1:07.65 down to 22.17, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Congbiao Jiang (蒋丛骉) — 5×5, 6×6
0.20s
closest final — Square-1, Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) over Qirun Zhong (钟奇润)
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Meng'an Pu (浦梦安)9.5610.57
5×5Congbiao Jiang (蒋丛骉)1:09.291:14.15
6×6Congbiao Jiang (蒋丛骉)2:18.402:24.91
7×7Zhiqing Shi (石志庆)3:03.003:14.09
ClockJunyan Wu (吴俊彦)6.427.48
MegaminxXu Wang (王旭)1:08.611:12.75
Square-1Chunyu Zhang (张春雨)20.7224.29
3×3 Multi-BlindLiping Jia (贾立平)16 of 22 cubes · 1:00:00

The PB harvest

55 set · 19 still standing

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

73 competitors · 235 results · 8 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. Meng'an Pu (浦梦安) won it with a 10.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.