Competitions · China

Taiyuan Winter 2019

Taiyuan, Shanxi · 22 December 2019 · 7 events · 90 competitors · 51 personal bests

Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) won three of the seven events (2×2, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yilin Miao (苗宜琳) by 0.14 seconds. 90 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Qiang Wang (王强) took a Pyraminx single of 36.54 down to 8.54, 77 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — 2×2, Skewb, Square-1

0.14s

closest final — Pyraminx, Yilin Miao (苗宜琳) over Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Weihao Kong (孔维浩)	6.58	7.20
2×2	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	2.08	2.93
4×4	Yonghua Xie (解永华)	32.30	34.05
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	30.49	—
Pyraminx	Yilin Miao (苗宜琳)	2.33	3.41
Skewb	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	3.36	5.18
Square-1	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	9.59	11.94

The PB harvest

51 set · 33 still standing

Mo Zhou (周沫) — 3×3 single 7.86: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Ziru Wu (武子入) — 4×4 single 35.92: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Cheng Min (闵程) — 3×3 blindfolded single 47.09: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Guodong Gao (高国栋) — 3×3 single 10.68: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Xingyu Wang (王星宇) — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Jiacheng Yin (殷嘉程) — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Pengji Li (李棚吉) — 2×2 single 2.94: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Haibo Zhang (张海波) — 3×3 single 12.02: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

90 competitors · 387 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. Weihao Kong (孔维浩) won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.