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Competitions · China

Shanghai Spring 2016

Shanghai · 19 March 2016 · 11 events · 115 competitors · 180 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won four of the eleven events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇) by 0.00 seconds. 115 competitors produced 180 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Lin Chen (陈霖) set the 6×6 single continental record: 1:52.48.

Four wins
Lin Chen (陈霖) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — Skewb, Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇) over Zhenyu Zhang (张振宇)
180
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)9.129.42
2×2Jack Pan (潘杰康)1.501.99
4×4Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)36.6937.81
5×5Lin Chen (陈霖)1:02.971:07.22
6×6Lin Chen (陈霖)1:59.742:00.64
7×7Lin Chen (陈霖)2:47.302:57.75
3×3 blindfoldedChuang Zhou (周闯)25.67
3×3 one-handedLin Chen (陈霖)12.2514.38
ClockChenwei Li (李琛炜)6.366.96
PyraminxLining Wang (王立宁)3.193.92
SkewbZeyu Hu (胡泽宇)2.984.07

The PB harvest

180 set · 31 still standing

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 764 results · 11 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 9.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.