Competitions · China

Nanjing Spring 2017

Nanjing, Jiangsu · 30 April 2017 · 14 events · 201 competitors · 317 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the 14 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Shengliang Cai (蔡盛梁) by 0.01 seconds. 201 competitors produced 317 personal bests, 115 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tairan Zhong (钟泰然) set the Clock single continental record: 4.18.

Three wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.01s

closest final — Clock, Shengliang Cai (蔡盛梁) over Chenwei Li (李琛炜)

317

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	7.34	8.66
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.39	1.66
4×4	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	32.30	33.05
5×5	Kailong Li (李开隆)	54.85	1:02.18
6×6	Lin Chen (陈霖)	1:40.32	2:01.71
7×7	Lin Chen (陈霖)	2:25.90	2:35.42
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	21.76	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	11.85	12.24
Clock	Shengliang Cai (蔡盛梁)	5.97	6.46
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	44.09	48.17
Pyraminx	Yi Wang (王旖)	2.55	3.17
Skewb	Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓)	3.09	4.30
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:48.75	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	4:38.05	—

The PB harvest

317 set · 115 still standing

Xinwei Zhou (周欣伟) — Pyraminx single 2.10: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Haibo Sui (隋海波) — Pyraminx single 2.15: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Sheng Cao (曹晟) — Pyraminx single 2.30: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Qingwei Kong (孔庆玮) — Pyraminx single 2.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — Pyraminx single 2.58: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Shilong Chen (陈世龙) — Pyraminx single 2.69: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Tianping Ding (丁天平) — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jiuwei Li (李九威) — Pyraminx single 3.04: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

201 competitors · 1272 results · 14 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 8.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

201 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.