Competitions · China

Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026

Beijing · 16 May 2026 · 5 events · 64 competitors · 33 personal bests

Zhe Wang (王哲) won two of the five events (4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3 blindfolded, won by Yifan Wang (王逸帆) by 1.44 seconds. 64 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Guoqiao Wang (王国桥) took a 5×5 blindfolded single of 28:40.00 down to 15:26.00, 46 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhe Wang (王哲) — 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

1.44s

closest final — 3×3 blindfolded, Yifan Wang (王逸帆) over Zicong Liu (刘子聪)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3 blindfolded	Yifan Wang (王逸帆)	14.53	17.26
3×3 Fewest Moves	Takumi Tamura (田村匠)	22 moves	22.33
4×4 blindfolded	Zhe Wang (王哲)	1:53.65	—
5×5 blindfolded	Zhe Wang (王哲)	5:12.25	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yifan Cheng (程依凡)	20 of 25 cubes · 58:41	—

The PB harvest

33 set · 22 still standing

Lingxiao Li (李凌霄) — 3×3 blindfolded single 19.16: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Min Wu (吴民) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Yifan Cheng (程依凡) — 3×3 blindfolded single 28.75: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Yonghao Xu (徐永浩) — 3×3 blindfolded single 29.44: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Yining Wang (王逸宁) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ziyi Xu (徐梓翼) — 4×4 blindfolded single 2:32.89: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Zifeng Liu (刘子枫) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Zejun Chen (陈泽鋆) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

64 competitors · 179 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

64 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.