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Ningxia Open 2017

Yinchuan, Ningxia · 13 August 2017 · 6 events · 75 competitors · 49 personal bests

Yan Jin (金岩) won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yan Jin (金岩) by 0.03 seconds. 75 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Diwen Xu (许帝文) took a 2×2 single of 9.47 down to 3.13, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Yan Jin (金岩) — 3×3, 2×2
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Yan Jin (金岩) over Yang Li (李扬)
49
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yan Jin (金岩)8.599.91
2×2Yan Jin (金岩)2.933.49
4×4Yang Li (李扬)34.4938.59
5×5Anyu Zhang (张安宇)1:04.601:06.53
3×3 one-handedZiyang Xu (徐子洋)16.3217.37
PyraminxKaiyang Gao (高凯阳)4.115.20

The PB harvest

49 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

39 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

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

The field

75 competitors · 368 results · 6 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. Yan Jin (金岩) won it with a 9.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.