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Competitions · China

Shenyang Winter 2016

Shenyang, Liaoning · 11 December 2016 · 9 events · 138 competitors · 139 personal bests

Zixi Yan (严子希) won two of the nine events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) by 0.07 seconds. 138 competitors produced 139 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 57 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yizhou Zhang (张乂洲) took a Skewb single of 32.94 down to 8.86, 73 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Zixi Yan (严子希) — 4×4, 5×5
0.07s
closest final — Skewb, Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) over Xun Zhao (赵洵)
139
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yusheng Du (杜宇生)8.089.76
4×4Zixi Yan (严子希)34.7238.47
5×5Zixi Yan (严子希)1:05.581:09.14
6×6Jingzheng Wang (王景正)1:56.421:57.63
7×7Jingzheng Wang (王景正)2:44.642:47.60
3×3 blindfoldedChuang Zhou (周闯)24.53
MegaminxSheng Cao (曹晟)50.7254.07
PyraminxSheng Cao (曹晟)3.795.89
SkewbYuhang Zhang (张宇航)3.315.05

The PB harvest

139 set · 49 still standing

First-timers

57 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

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

The field

138 competitors · 466 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 9.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.