Competitions · China

Qingdao Spring 2019

Qingdao, Shangdong · 31 March 2019 · 7 events · 114 competitors · 100 personal bests

Zhi Li (李志) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) by 0.09 seconds. 114 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ziqi Yang (杨梓琪) took a 3×3 single of 30.66 down to 15.38, 50 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhi Li (李志) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — Pyraminx, Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) over Yilin Miao (苗宜琳)

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhi Li (李志)	8.20	8.96
2×2	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	2.37	2.68
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	28.32	30.64
3×3 one-handed	Zhi Li (李志)	11.43	15.20
Megaminx	Mingyu Liu (刘铭宇)	42.91	45.67
Pyraminx	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	2.84	3.95
Skewb	Peixuan Shi (时培轩)	3.67	4.58

The PB harvest

100 set · 47 still standing

Zhi Li (李志) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.43: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Zheming Ding (丁哲明) — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Tianci Wang (王天赐) — 3×3 single 9.80: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Zheming Ding (丁哲明) — 3×3 single 9.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Zhiyong Sun (孙志勇) — Pyraminx single 3.91: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Jinlin Dou (窦金麟) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.86: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Wenbo Sun (孙文博) — 3×3 single 11.01: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Hanfei Zhang (张涵飞) — 3×3 single 11.12: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 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

114 competitors · 520 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. Zhi Li (李志) won it with a 8.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.