Competitions · China

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018

Xi'an · 6 April 2018 · 13 events · 302 competitors · 236 personal bests

Heng Wu (吴恒) won two of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) by 0.16 seconds. 302 competitors produced 236 personal bests, 92 of which still stand today, and 139 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) set the Megaminx single national record: 39.69.

Two wins

Heng Wu (吴恒) — 4×4, 5×5

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) over Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)

236

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	7.84	8.90
2×2	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	1.83	3.02
4×4	Heng Wu (吴恒)	30.33	32.10
5×5	Heng Wu (吴恒)	1:03.93	1:08.06
6×6	Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)	2:08.91	2:12.75
7×7	An Hu (胡安)	2:55.18	3:07.22
3×3 blindfolded	Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)	41.18	—
3×3 one-handed	Tiannan Wang (王天南)	12.45	15.37
Clock	Yan Zheng (郑岩)	5.69	6.36
Megaminx	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	39.69	46.76
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	2.34	3.52
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.30	2.96
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	8.30	10.78

The PB harvest

236 set · 92 still standing

Haotian Zheng (郑皓天) — 3×3 single 7.69: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Xiangyi Zheng (郑祥熠) — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Xinyan Liu (刘心妍) — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Menghao Zhao (赵梦豪) — Skewb single 3.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Xinjie Lin (林欣婕) — 3×3 single 9.25: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — Square-1 single 10.73: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Kaiyan Xie (谢凯彦) — Pyraminx single 3.96: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Haotian Zhen (甄昊天) — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

139 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

302 competitors · 1136 results · 13 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 8.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

302 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.