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Competitions → China → Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021

Competitions · China

Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 11 April 2021 · 3 events · 75 competitors · 55 personal bests

Yibo Wang (王奕博) won two of the three events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yibo Wang (王奕博) by 0.03 seconds. 75 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Peijun Lin (林沛骏) took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:22.42 down to 17.04, 79 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Yibo Wang (王奕博) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Yibo Wang (王奕博) over Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程)
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yibo Wang (王奕博)7.768.35
4×4Zihan Zhang (张子涵)27.8131.78
3×3 one-handedYibo Wang (王奕博)9.2712.23

The PB harvest

55 set · 29 still standing

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

75 competitors · 167 results · 3 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. Yibo Wang (王奕博) won it with a 8.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.