Competitions · China

Shenyang Spring 2017

Shenyang, Liaoning · 13 May 2017 · 9 events · 232 competitors · 101 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won five of the nine events (4×4, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sheng Cao (曹晟) by 0.06 seconds. 232 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 174 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jincheng Wang (王金程) took a Skewb single of 37.27 down to 7.66, 79 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 4×4, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.06s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sheng Cao (曹晟) over Chuhe Fang (方楚贺)

101

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	7.72	8.82
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	2.54	3.54
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	30.15	33.96
7×7	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3:02.34	3:11.14
3×3 blindfolded	Jiachi Han (韩佳池)	54.86	1:03.38
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	12.50	15.64
Megaminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	48.91	51.08
Pyraminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3.87	5.08
Skewb	Chengda Ge (葛成达)	2.48	4.79

The PB harvest

101 set · 31 still standing

Wenyue Geng (耿文月) — 3×3 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Yi Lu (芦毅) — Pyraminx single 3.32: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — Skewb single 3.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Bojun Zhang (张博俊) — Skewb single 3.46: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Jincheng Wang (王金程) — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Jingang Wang (王金钢) — Megaminx single 1:02.85: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Junhe Zhang (张钧鹤) — Megaminx single 1:04.24: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Yi Lu (芦毅) — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

174 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

232 competitors · 752 results · 9 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 8.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

232 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.