Competitions · China

Shenzhen Nanshan 2018

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 18 November 2018 · 7 events · 138 competitors · 107 personal bests

Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) won two of the seven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) by 0.09 seconds. 138 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Suen Ming Chi (孫銘志) set the Clock single national record: 4.75.

Two wins

Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) over Wong Yuk Chi (黃昱誌)

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	7.66	8.36
2×2	Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)	1.90	2.95
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	25.21	26.69
3×3 blindfolded	Yichuan Xie (谢逸川)	22.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)	13.54	14.50
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	3.90	5.03
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	2.86	3.23

The PB harvest

107 set · 31 still standing

Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) — Pyraminx single 2.61: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Chan Hay Yin (陳希言) — 3×3 single 8.05: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Beixian Guo (郭倍先) — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Jiayu Li (李佳羽) — 3×3 single 8.88: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Zhihong Huang (黄志鸿) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.17: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Frieda Leung Wing Yan (梁詠欣) — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Ruicheng Li (李睿成) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.19: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Yiquan Ling (凌艺全) — 3×3 blindfolded single 47.19: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

138 competitors · 464 results · 7 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 8.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.