Competitions · China

Shijiazhuang Winter 2018

Shijiazhuang, Hebei · 16 December 2018 · 7 events · 169 competitors · 110 personal bests

Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙) won the 3×3 with a 8.64 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Shiyuan Ji (籍世源) by 0.14 seconds. 169 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 80 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuting Gao (高钰婷) took a 3×3 single of 55.48 down to 25.70, 54 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.14s

closest final — Pyraminx, Shiyuan Ji (籍世源) over Zongyang Li (李宗阳)

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙)	7.45	8.64
2×2	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	2.06	2.38
4×4	Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐)	32.34	36.97
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	33.32	—
Megaminx	Zhengyin Chen (陈正胤)	47.10	51.05
Pyraminx	Shiyuan Ji (籍世源)	2.94	4.67
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.10	3.07

The PB harvest

110 set · 55 still standing

Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — 3×3 single 8.16: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Tongxin Wu (武童昕) — 3×3 single 9.01: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Ben Niu (牛奔) — Skewb single 3.20: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Peixun Zhou (周沛迅) — 3×3 single 10.38: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Jiayu Lou (娄家语) — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — Skewb single 4.12: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Shuo Zhao (赵硕) — 3×3 single 11.80: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Zihang Jia (贾子航) — 3×3 single 12.15: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

80 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

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

The field

169 competitors · 585 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. Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙) won it with a 8.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

169 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.