Competitions · China

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 4 April 2025 · 10 events · 326 competitors · 388 personal bests

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) won three of the ten events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Kaichen Huang (黄楷宸) by 0.17 seconds. 326 competitors produced 388 personal bests, 161 of which still stand today, and 63 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) set the 3×3 average world record: 4.03.

Three wins

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.17s

closest final — 4×4, Kaichen Huang (黄楷宸) over Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)

388

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.32	4.03
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.86	1.13
4×4	Kaichen Huang (黄楷宸)	21.06	23.98
5×5	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	39.44	41.02
6×6	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:16.97	1:20.78
7×7	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:43.66	1:49.45
3×3 blindfolded	Yifan Wang (王逸帆)	18.96	—
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	6.96	9.45
4×4 blindfolded	Sora Wenjie Xu (徐文杰)	2:16.95	2:30.05
5×5 blindfolded	Sora Wenjie Xu (徐文杰)	5:59.03	—

The PB harvest

388 set · 161 still standing

Futian Tan (谈符天) — 3×3 single 5.15: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — 3×3 single 6.26: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
Yutong Fei (费煜桐) — 3×3 single 6.65: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Xuechao Zhang (张学超) — 3×3 single 6.73: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Yiqin Sun (孙弋钦) — 3×3 single 6.82: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Luoqi Zhao (赵珞琪) — 2×2 single 1.26: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Zhuoheng Li (李卓恒) — 3×3 single 7.02: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Ruichen Wan (万瑞晨) — 3×3 single 7.17: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

63 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

326 competitors · 1730 results · 10 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 4.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

326 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.