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Competitions · China

Shenzhen New Year 2017

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 1 January 2017 · 6 events · 98 competitors · 77 personal bests

Kailong Li (李开隆) won the 3×3 with a 8.73 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Qijun Miao (缪其隽) by 0.17 seconds. 98 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yuhao Chen (陈宇浩) set the Megaminx single national record: 43.67.

6
events decided
0.17s
closest final — Pyraminx, Qijun Miao (缪其隽) over Ziyue Ding (丁子越)
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kailong Li (李开隆)8.358.73
3×3 one-handedRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)12.1715.20
ClockTairan Zhong (钟泰然)5.486.25
MegaminxYuhao Chen (陈宇浩)43.6750.59
PyraminxQijun Miao (缪其隽)3.945.01
Square-1Ziyuan Lin (林子源)12.3917.48

The PB harvest

77 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

25 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

98 competitors · 337 results · 6 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 8.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.