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Competitions · China

Shenzhen New Year 2016

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 2 January 2016 · 7 events · 108 competitors · 67 personal bests

Kailong Li (李开隆) won two of the seven events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kailong Li (李开隆) by 0.03 seconds. 108 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂) set the 7×7 single national record: 3:00.33.

Two wins
Kailong Li (李开隆) — 3×3, 5×5
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Kailong Li (李开隆) over Weixing Zhang (张炜星)
67
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kailong Li (李开隆)7.479.84
5×5Kailong Li (李开隆)1:01.661:03.87
7×7Shenchuan Mao (毛神川)2:49.582:59.87
3×3 blindfoldedJunwei Zhao (赵俊威)58.52
3×3 one-handedYuhao Deng (邓宇豪)12.6114.32
MegaminxJacky Koo Chun Ki (顧俊祺)49.0253.24
Square-1Yan Yu (于晏)11.0613.06

The PB harvest

67 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

37 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

108 competitors · 307 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. Kailong Li (李开隆) won it with a 9.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 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.