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Competitions · China

Quanzhou Side Event 2017

Quanzhou, Fujian · 19 August 2017 · 7 events · 120 competitors · 67 personal bests

Max Xiong (熊锐明) won two of the seven events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yubin Ye (叶煜彬) by 0.76 seconds. 120 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Tairan Zhong (钟泰然) set the Clock average world record: 5.22.

Two wins
Max Xiong (熊锐明) — 6×6, 7×7
0.76s
closest final — 3×3, Yubin Ye (叶煜彬) over Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)
67
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yubin Ye (叶煜彬)8.8610.28
6×6Max Xiong (熊锐明)1:49.151:55.01
7×7Max Xiong (熊锐明)2:38.612:43.70
3×3 Fewest MovesYiwei Liu (刘伊玮)27 moves28.33
ClockTairan Zhong (钟泰然)4.815.22
Square-1Zijia Feng (冯子甲)8.7910.96
3×3 with feetRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)28.8633.09

The PB harvest

67 set · 22 still standing

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

120 competitors · 369 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. Yubin Ye (叶煜彬) won it with a 10.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.