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Shanghai Winter 2018

Shanghai · 20 January 2018 · 11 events · 154 competitors · 189 personal bests

Jack Pan (潘杰康) won two of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yulun Wu (吴宇伦) by 0.04 seconds. 154 competitors produced 189 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 24 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: 4.95.

Two wins
Jack Pan (潘杰康) — 3×3, 2×2
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Yulun Wu (吴宇伦) over Yi Wang (王旖)
189
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jack Pan (潘杰康)7.649.02
2×2Jack Pan (潘杰康)1.651.87
4×4Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)26.5732.74
5×5Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)56.471:01.51
6×6Anyu Zhang (张安宇)1:46.511:49.72
7×7Anyu Zhang (张安宇)2:38.812:39.99
3×3 blindfoldedShenghai Fang (方胜海)40.04
ClockTairan Zhong (钟泰然)4.465.02
MegaminxRenxin Tang (汤任欣)47.3351.61
PyraminxYulun Wu (吴宇伦)2.313.01
SkewbZongyang Li (李宗阳)2.142.90

The PB harvest

189 set · 57 still standing

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

154 competitors · 758 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. Jack Pan (潘杰康) won it with a 9.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

154 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.