Competitions · China
Ningxia Open 2018
Yinchuan, Ningxia · 5 August 2018 · 9 events · 78 competitors · 103 personal bests
Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) by 0.39 seconds. 78 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Jiaxin Li (李佳鑫) took a Skewb single of 17.81 down to 6.86, 61 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) | 6.90 | 7.85 |
| 2×2 | Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱) | 2.93 | 3.32 |
| 4×4 | Shaowei Hou (侯少尉) | 30.68 | 33.58 |
| 5×5 | Anyu Zhang (张安宇) | 54.89 | 1:00.16 |
| 6×6 | Anyu Zhang (张安宇) | 1:38.10 | 1:44.84 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Liren Sun (孙立仁) | 43.13 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) | 15.80 | 18.02 |
| Pyraminx | Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) | 4.04 | 5.57 |
| Skewb | Zongyang Li (李宗阳) | 2.55 | 2.92 |
The PB harvest
103 set · 39 still standing- Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) — 4×4 single 28.60: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
- Ruotong Wang (王若同) — 3×3 single 9.07: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — 4×4 single 34.83: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
- Xingyu Li (李星宇) — Pyraminx single 3.79: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
- Shaowei Hou (侯少尉) — 6×6 single 1:51.78: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
- Wending Ma (马文鼎) — 2×2 single 2.45: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
- Ye Tao (陶冶) — 3×3 single 10.46: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
- Fangxu Yu (余方续) — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
25 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
78 competitors · 429 results · 9 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. Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) won it with a 7.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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U' B2 D' B2 R2 U2 R2 D B2 U' L R2 B F D2 L F2 D' F U' - 2
R' F2 D2 L' F2 R D2 R2 D2 B2 D2 U F2 R2 F R F2 U2 L2 - 3
D B2 U' D B' U2 F' L F2 D' B2 L U2 F2 D2 L D2 L2 - 4
B R2 B F2 D2 F' L2 F U2 L' D2 B' R2 F U R' B' D2 F D2 - 5
U2 R' L2 U L B U2 D' L' B2 D' L2 B2 D2 L F2 D2 L B2
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Race this final
Everyone who competed
78 competitors- Anyu Zhang (张安宇)
- Aoran Mao (毛傲然)
- Chao Ma (马超)
- Chi Zhang (张弛)
- Ding Ding (丁叮)
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Fangxu Yu (余方续)
- Guangjie Ruan (阮广傑)
- Guohui Yan (闫国惠)
- Hailong Jin (晋海龙)
- Haowen Ma (马浩文)
- Hengyi Li (李恒亦)
- Hongyang Yu (于洪洋)
- Hongyu Zhu (朱宏宇)
- Jiachen Hu (胡佳晨)
- Jiacheng Xu (徐嘉诚)
- Jiahao Wu (吴佳昊)
- Jianshun Zhang (张建舜)
- Jianxing Gao (高建兴)
- Jiaqi Zhang (张嘉琪)
- Jiaxin Li (李佳鑫)
- Jihaobutao (冀好布套)
- Jing Jia (贾婧)
- Jinyao Chen (陈今尧)
- Jun Ma (马军)
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
- Kejiang Lu (陆柯江)
- Liren Sun (孙立仁)
- Ning Wang (王宁)
- Peize Dang (党佩泽)
- Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程)
- Qiang Ma (马强)
- Qingpo Niu (牛青坡)
- Ran Yang (杨冉)
- Ruihang Li (李睿航)
- Ruimeng Sheng (盛睿勐)
- Ruiying Huang (黄瑞滢)
- Runlin Lü (吕润林)
- Ruotong Wang (王若同)
- Shaowei Hou (侯少尉)
- Shenghui Wang (王升辉)
- Shengyi Jiang (江盛意)
- Shuhuai Wang (王书槐)
- Shuyu Wu (武书宇)
- Sining Liu (柳斯宁)
- Tao Liao (廖涛)
- Wending Ma (马文鼎)
- Xiaochun Ma (马晓春)
- Xingyu Li (李星宇)
- Xinyan Liu (刘心妍)
- Xinyi Wang (王馨翌)
- Xinyue Wang (王新跃)
- Xujia Lei (雷旭嘉)
- Yanlin Shen (申炎林)
- Ye Tao (陶冶)
- Yifan Yin (阴一凡)
- Yiheng Lü (吕溢恒)
- Yilong Wang (王艺隆)
- Yixi Li (李懿汐)
- Yizhuo Yan (严一卓)
- Yongqiang Yan (闫永强)
- Yuchen Li (李予辰)
- Yunshuo Zhang (张芸硕)
- Yuwei Wang (王宇威)
- Yuye Wang (王宇烨)
- Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱)
- Zexi Zheng (郑泽希)
- Zexin Wang (王泽鑫)
- Zhenduo Yang (杨振铎)
- Zhenming Zhang (张振铭)
- Zhicheng Xu (许智程)
- Zhihao Zhang (张智豪)
- Zhijie Gao (高智杰)
- Zhiqiang Kong (孔志强)
- Zihang Liu (刘梓航)
- Zitian Jin (晋子天)
- Ziyue Ma (马子越)
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳)
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.