Competitions · China

Nanning Open 2018

Nanning, Guangxi · 28 July 2018 · 7 events · 138 competitors · 93 personal bests

Dawei Xu (徐大卫) won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Jiahe Dai (戴嘉禾) by 0.16 seconds. 138 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jianing Tang (唐佳宁) took a Pyraminx single of 28.82 down to 3.44, 88 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Dawei Xu (徐大卫) — 3×3, 4×4

0.16s

closest final — Megaminx, Jiahe Dai (戴嘉禾) over Maoxuan Chen (陈茂轩)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dawei Xu (徐大卫)	8.30	8.50
4×4	Dawei Xu (徐大卫)	31.10	32.81
3×3 blindfolded	Chenfei Ke (柯陈飞)	1:37.96	—
3×3 one-handed	Kai Su (苏锴)	12.98	14.01
Megaminx	Jiahe Dai (戴嘉禾)	55.67	57.92
Pyraminx	Siyu Wang (王思予)	3.12	3.43
Skewb	Peixuan Shi (时培轩)	4.51	4.79

The PB harvest

93 set · 46 still standing

Youlin Guo (郭佑林) — 3×3 single 8.04: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Xinhang Xie (谢欣航) — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Hongfei Chen (陈红飞) — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Yuanming Liu (刘元铭) — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Jianing Tang (唐佳宁) — Pyraminx single 3.44: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Yuanming Liu (刘元铭) — 4×4 single 34.30: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Yuanming Liu (刘元铭) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.35: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Kai Huang (黄凯) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.36: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

138 competitors · 484 results · 7 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. Dawei Xu (徐大卫) won it with a 8.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.