Competitions · China
Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014
Xi'an · 13 April 2014 · 9 events · 69 competitors · 65 personal bests
Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Jiejie Du (杜杰杰) by 0.19 seconds. 69 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Chen Zhang (张晨) took a 3×3 single of 1:02.72 down to 22.18, 65 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) | 8.40 | 8.91 |
| 2×2 | Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) | 3.10 | 4.09 |
| 4×4 | Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) | 35.15 | 40.38 |
| 5×5 | Anyu Zhang (张安宇) | 1:20.79 | 1:25.64 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Chao Liu (刘超) | 2:29.42 | 2:51.43 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Jiejie Du (杜杰杰) | 16.21 | 20.72 |
| Pyraminx | Hao Xu (徐豪) | 4.17 | 5.16 |
| Skewb | Mingkang Guo (郭名康) | 6.62 | 8.49 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Zhaoli Zheng (郑召利) | — | — |
The PB harvest
65 set · 18 still standing- Mingkang Guo (郭名康) — Pyraminx single 3.55: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
- Mufan Lü (吕慕凡) — 3×3 single 10.16: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
- Xinran Wang (王新然) — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
- Xinran Wang (王新然) — 3×3 single 12.40: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
- Yuhan Si (司雨寒) — 3×3 single 14.47: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.
- Yefeng Hu (胡叶枫) — Pyraminx single 6.78: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
- Xinran Wang (王新然) — 3×3 one-handed single 22.99: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
- Jie Wang (王杰) — 3×3 single 16.33: into the top 28.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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
69 competitors · 282 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. Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) won it with a 8.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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D L' U' F2 D' F' U2 B' D R' F' D' R2 L2 U' B2 D' R2 U B2 - 2
F2 L2 B2 D L2 U2 B2 D2 F' R2 U B2 D R2 U2 R B L2 F' - 3
F D F' B R' L B2 R' D' B' R2 U D2 F2 D L2 D2 R2 D' - 4
F2 U2 B U D2 L U L U D2 R2 F D2 R2 U2 R2 B2 U2 L2 F - 5
R B L F2 U2 L B2 U' F2 R B2 R2 D2 F R2 U2 B2 D2 R2 D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
69 competitors- Anyu Zhang (张安宇)
- Bo Wang (王擘)
- Bo Zhang (张博)
- Chao Liu (刘超)
- Chaoxu Zhang (张朝旭)
- Chen Shen (申琛)
- Chen Zhang (张晨)
- Congjian Zhang (张丛健)
- Daiming Si (思黛明)
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Fan Wang (王凡)
- Guan Wang (王冠)
- Haiping Chen (陈海平)
- Hang Li (李航)
- Hanwen Liu (刘翰文)
- Hao Sun (孙浩)
- Hao Xu (徐豪)
- Haoming Li (李浩明)
- Haowei Fan (樊浩玮)
- Haowen Xu (许浩文)
- Heng Ma (马恒)
- Hongyu Zhu (朱宏宇)
- Jiaxin Hou (候家欣)
- Jie Wang (王杰)
- Jiejie Du (杜杰杰)
- Jihui Hao (郝霁晖)
- Jing Wu (吴晶)
- Ke Pan (潘轲)
- Kunji Li (李坤戟)
- Li Zhang (张力)
- Ming Kong (孔鸣)
- Mingkang Guo (郭名康)
- Mingsen Han (韩明森)
- Minqi Su (苏旻琦)
- Mufan Lü (吕慕凡)
- Pengju Li (李鹏举)
- Qingwei Kong (孔庆玮)
- Quan Kuang (匡泉)
- Sen Dang (党森)
- Shaowei Hou (侯少尉)
- Sijing Ma (马思靖)
- Weilisi (伟力斯)
- Weiwen Song (宋薇雯)
- Xiaodong Liu (刘晓栋)
- Xiaofan Li (李晓帆)
- Xiaojing Zhang (张小静)
- Xiaolong Ma (马小龙)
- Xin Jin (金鑫)
- Xin Yan (延鑫)
- Xin Yang (杨鑫)
- Xinran Wang (王新然)
- Xuchen Gu (顾旭晨)
- Yalin Liu (刘亚林)
- Yang Chen (陈扬)
- Yang Jiao (焦阳)
- Ye Li (李烨)
- Yefeng Hu (胡叶枫)
- Yihao Zhang (张倚豪)
- Yu Gu (谷雨)
- Yue Zheng (郑越)
- Yuezheng Wang (王悦政)
- Yuhan Si (司雨寒)
- Yuhang Deng (邓宇航)
- Yvjie Ding (丁玉洁)
- Zhaoli Zheng (郑召利)
- Zhenxiong Ma (马振雄)
- Zhi Geng (耿智)
- Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远)
- Zishu Qu (屈子舒)
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.