Competitions · China

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Beijing · 1 May 2026 · 9 events · 313 competitors · 231 personal bests

Timofei Tarasenko won two of the nine events (5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) by 0.07 seconds. 313 competitors produced 231 personal bests, 182 of which still stand today, and 103 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Timofei Tarasenko set the Megaminx single world record: 21.85.

Two wins

Timofei Tarasenko — 5×5, 6×6

0.07s

closest final — 4×4, Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) over Timofei Tarasenko

231

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	3.75	4.34
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.94	1.15
4×4	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	19.34	20.96
5×5	Timofei Tarasenko	32.78	38.94
6×6	Timofei Tarasenko	1:05.48	1:09.27
7×7	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:44.18	1:47.13
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	21.80	—
Megaminx	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	24.18	26.18
Square-1	Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵)	7.95	8.68

The PB harvest

231 set · 182 still standing

Yaqian Xu (徐雅芊) — 3×3 single 4.01: into the top 0.014% of the event's history.
Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3 single 4.67: into the top 0.063% of the event's history.
Yuchen Gao (高雨宸) — 3×3 single 5.05: into the top 0.13% of the event's history.
Quanyu Li (李荃宇) — 3×3 single 5.66: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Youran Shao (邵宥然) — 3×3 single 5.80: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
Zihao Gu (顾子豪) — 2×2 single 0.95: into the top 0.47% of the event's history.
Zejun Chen (陈泽鋆) — 3×3 single 6.12: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
An Li (李安) — Square-1 single 5.95: into the top 0.76% of the event's history.

First-timers

103 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

313 competitors · 1287 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. Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won it with a 4.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

313 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.