Competitions · China
Xi'an New Year 2015
Xi'an, Shaanxi · 2 January 2015 · 11 events · 36 competitors · 60 personal bests
Weixing Zhang (张炜星) won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Weixing Zhang (张炜星) by 1.13 seconds. 36 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Xin Shi (石欣) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 2:24.96 down to 1:17.28, 47 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Weixing Zhang (张炜星) | 9.91 | 11.02 |
| 4×4 | Weixing Zhang (张炜星) | 34.49 | 39.10 |
| 5×5 | Weixing Zhang (张炜星) | 1:09.47 | 1:14.08 |
| 6×6 | Zhiqing Shi (石志庆) | 2:11.08 | 2:16.04 |
| 7×7 | Zhiqing Shi (石志庆) | 3:02.97 | 3:07.01 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Lorenzo Vigani Poli | 1:15.90 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Baiqiang Dong (董百强) | 30 moves | — |
| Clock | Zhen Tang (唐镇) | 13.76 | 15.88 |
| Megaminx | Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远) | 1:17.23 | 1:24.00 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Zhaoli Zheng (郑召利) | 15:17.00 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Lorenzo Vigani Poli | 9 of 11 cubes · 52:38 | — |
The PB harvest
60 set · 12 still standing- Zhen Tang (唐镇) — 5×5 single 1:21.71: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
- Pengju Li (李鹏举) — 5×5 single 1:22.23: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
- Zhen Tang (唐镇) — Megaminx single 1:21.84: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
- Mingkang Guo (郭名康) — Clock single 10.31: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
- Zhen Tang (唐镇) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 35 moves: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
- Zhen Tang (唐镇) — Clock single 11.76: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.
- Chengdong Xu (徐成东) — 4×4 single 57.78: into the top 34.1% of the event's history.
- Pengju Li (李鹏举) — 6×6 single 2:55.07: into the top 38.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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
36 competitors · 255 results · 11 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. Weixing Zhang (张炜星) won it with a 11.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 L D2 L' B2 L' R' U2 F2 U' F2 L2 R B L D2 R' D' R2 - 2
D2 U2 R2 F L2 B' L2 F L2 D' R' B' L2 F2 U2 F L2 U' F L' - 3
F2 R B2 L2 U2 L' U2 L U L2 F U2 L' D U L2 B2 D' B2 - 4
D' L2 D B2 F2 U R2 D' U B U2 R' D' F L R' D F D2 L2 - 5
B2 R2 U B2 U2 R2 U B2 R2 U2 B' D2 L R2 D F L U' L D
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
36 competitors- An Hu (胡安)
- Anyu Zhang (张安宇)
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强)
- Bo Wang (王擘)
- Chen Shen (申琛)
- Chengdong Xu (徐成东)
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Federico Pizzini
- Filippo Hachen
- Hanyu Fang (方寒玉)
- Jiaxin Hou (候家欣)
- Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
- Ke Wang (王珂)
- Leixin Zhou (周磊欣)
- Lorenzo Vigani Poli
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣)
- Mingkang Guo (郭名康)
- Pengju Li (李鹏举)
- Qiping Zhang (张企平)
- Sen Dang (党森)
- Sijing Ma (马思靖)
- Stefano Ferrari
- Weixing Zhang (张炜星)
- Wenkai Yuan (袁文凯)
- Xiaojing Zhang (张小静)
- Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟)
- Xin Shi (石欣)
- Yan Jin (金岩)
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)
- Yuhuan Ning (宁禹欢)
- Zhaoli Zheng (郑召利)
- Zhen Tang (唐镇)
- Zhiqing Shi (石志庆)
- Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远)
- Zihao Tang (唐子豪)
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲)
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.