Competitions · China

Nanjing Spring 2018

Nanjing, Jiangsu · 30 April 2018 · 13 events · 335 competitors · 325 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won two of the 13 events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓) by 0.10 seconds. 335 competitors produced 325 personal bests, 128 of which still stand today, and 131 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂) set the 7×7 average national record: 2:19.61.

Two wins

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

0.10s

closest final — Skewb, Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓) over Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣)

325

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	6.61	8.06
2×2	Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥)	1.44	1.79
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	29.97	34.25
5×5	Bo Wang (王擘)	1:01.25	1:03.75
6×6	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	1:46.25	1:51.44
7×7	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	2:16.90	2:24.67
3×3 blindfolded	Hongbin Chang (常宏彬)	36.47	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	10.99	14.32
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	4.39	5.69
Megaminx	Renxin Tang (汤任欣)	42.49	50.29
Pyraminx	Yi Wang (王旖)	3.31	3.65
Skewb	Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓)	2.30	3.29
Square-1	Xuechao Zhang (张学超)	7.95	9.12

The PB harvest

325 set · 128 still standing

Rui Liu (刘锐) — Pyraminx single 2.58: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Yuhang Su (苏宇航) — Skewb single 2.49: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Yuchen Qian (钱予晨) — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Chenxue Ning (宁辰雪) — Skewb single 2.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Qiyu Hou (侯启予) — Clock single 5.14: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Ying Yang (杨莹) — Pyraminx single 3.38: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Wenjie Qi (齐文杰) — Skewb single 3.43: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Yifan Sun (孙逸凡) — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

131 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

335 competitors · 1681 results · 13 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 8.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

335 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.