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Competitions · China

Xi'an Qingming Open 2012

Xi'an, Shaanxi Province · 4 April 2012 · 8 events · 40 competitors · 54 personal bests

Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Yefeng Hu (胡叶枫) by 0.11 seconds. 40 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yan Wang (王岩) took a Magic single of 2.68 down to 1.27, 53 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5
0.11s
closest final — Magic, Yefeng Hu (胡叶枫) over Sen Dang (党森)
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Haowei Fan (樊浩玮)8.3310.30
2×2Haowei Fan (樊浩玮)2.523.67
5×5Haowei Fan (樊浩玮)1:31.611:37.45
6×6Jingzheng Wang (王景正)3:04.723:11.59
3×3 blindfoldedChengze Li (李承泽)2:47.66
PyraminxQiping Zhang (张企平)8.9611.25
MagicYefeng Hu (胡叶枫)0.881.12
Master MagicKe Pan (潘轲)2.612.69

The PB harvest

54 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. 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

40 competitors · 170 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

40 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.