Competitions · China

Ningxia Open 2019

Yinchuan, Ningxia · 18 August 2019 · 7 events · 112 competitors · 66 personal bests

Zibo Xu (徐子博) won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Qingze Li (李庆泽) by 0.87 seconds. 112 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 68 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hongyang Yu (于洪洋) took a 3×3 single of 31.33 down to 15.18, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.87s

closest final — 2×2, Qingze Li (李庆泽) over Haozhi Pan (潘颢之)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	5.93	7.68
2×2	Qingze Li (李庆泽)	1.78	2.55
4×4	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	30.33	39.22
3×3 blindfolded	Liren Sun (孙立仁)	36.99	—
3×3 one-handed	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	10.13	12.53
Megaminx	Shang Liu (刘尚)	44.46	48.37
Pyraminx	Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)	2.29	2.83

The PB harvest

66 set · 36 still standing

Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3 one-handed single 8.56: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Wenhao He (贺文浩) — Megaminx single 43.66: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Shang Liu (刘尚) — Pyraminx single 2.70: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Haozhi Pan (潘颢之) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.96: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Qiang Ma (马强) — Megaminx single 46.93: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Wenhao He (贺文浩) — 3×3 single 9.13: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Yanzhe Yang (杨言喆) — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Ziyue Ma (马子越) — 4×4 single 37.36: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

68 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

112 competitors · 474 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 7.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.