Competitions · China

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017

Xi'an, Shanxi · 2 April 2017 · 18 events · 214 competitors · 265 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won two of the 18 events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) by 0.01 seconds. 214 competitors produced 265 personal bests, 74 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 5×5 blindfolded single world record: 4:11.93.

Two wins

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) over Zheng Chen (陈政)

265

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	7.96	8.80
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.73	2.00
4×4	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	28.79	35.29
5×5	Kailong Li (李开隆)	56.99	1:03.08
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:01.18	2:05.97
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:34.65	2:44.10
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	24.75	25.44
3×3 Fewest Moves	Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)	27 moves	27.33
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	13.06	13.72
Clock	Tairan Zhong (钟泰然)	4.87	5.49
Megaminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	49.35	54.29
Pyraminx	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	3.32	4.85
Skewb	Wangkang Zhu (朱旺康)	4.08	5.32
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	8.85	10.41
4×4 blindfolded	Shenghai Fang (方胜海)	6:26.03	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	4:11.93	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	36 of 39 cubes · 59:55	—
3×3 with feet	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	34.48	41.03

The PB harvest

265 set · 74 still standing

Shujie Fang (方述杰) — 2×2 single 1.24: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Junnan Gu (顾隽楠) — 3×3 single 6.97: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Ling Yan (严铃) — Pyraminx single 3.25: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Yujia Wu (吴语嘉) — Skewb single 2.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Hongyi Li (李泓毅) — Skewb single 3.07: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Tong Liu (刘童) — Skewb single 3.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) — Skewb single 3.16: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Lining Wang (王立宁) — Skewb single 3.26: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

214 competitors · 1179 results · 18 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 8.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

214 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.