Competitions · China

Shenyang Summer 2018

Shenyang, Liaoning · 5 August 2018 · 9 events · 186 competitors · 239 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yusheng Du (杜宇生) by 0.13 seconds. 186 competitors produced 239 personal bests, 131 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) set the Megaminx single national record: 36.78.

Three wins

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — 3×3, Yusheng Du (杜宇生) over Ray Bai

239

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	7.36	8.12
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	1.80	2.27
4×4	Ray Bai	27.55	30.56
5×5	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	59.42	1:02.99
3×3 blindfolded	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	36.57	44.37
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	12.13	12.81
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	36.78	39.60
Pyraminx	Chuhe Fang (方楚贺)	3.21	3.61
Skewb	Lanqing Feng (冯兰青)	3.59	4.17

The PB harvest

239 set · 131 still standing

Chuhe Fang (方楚贺) — Pyraminx single 2.87: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Wuxiao Dong (董毋小) — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Xingqi Chen (陈星奇) — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Yizhou Zhang (张乂洲) — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Yulin Sun (孙玉麟) — Pyraminx single 3.31: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Fangxi Shi (史芳溪) — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Shu Yang (杨恕) — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Langfan Wu (吴朗樊) — Pyraminx single 4.46: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

186 competitors · 865 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 8.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

186 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.