Competitions · China

Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026

Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia · 29 August 2026 · 4 events · 88 competitors · 34 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the four events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) by 0.52 seconds. 88 competitors produced 34 personal bests, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yu Liu (刘宇) took a Skewb single of 9.62 down to 4.33, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2

0.52s

closest final — 2×2, Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) over Yanbo Liu (刘彦博)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.82	4.43
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.85	0.98
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	0.89	1.35
Skewb	Yanbo Liu (刘彦博)	2.14	2.55

The PB harvest

34 set · 34 still standing

Zichen Xia (夏紫晨) — Pyraminx single 1.48: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
Qirui Tian (田骐睿) — 3×3 single 6.66: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Qizhen Tian (田骐甄) — 3×3 single 7.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Yang Tong (佟杨) — 3×3 single 7.76: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Zichen Xia (夏紫晨) — 2×2 single 1.59: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Yanfu Feng (冯彦福) — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Zishuo Zhang (张子硕) — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Tianlong Zhang (张天龙) — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

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

The field

88 competitors · 271 results · 4 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.