Competitions · China
Xi'an New Year 2016
Xi'an · 2 January 2016 · 9 events · 64 competitors · 45 personal bests
Yunke Zhang (张云柯) won two of the nine events (6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mulun Yin (阴目仑) by 0.46 seconds. 64 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A continental record
Hongbin Chang (常宏彬) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single continental record: 22 of 22 cubes · 57:08.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 7.95 | 9.26 |
| 6×6 | Yunke Zhang (张云柯) | 2:29.23 | 2:32.37 |
| 7×7 | Ziheng Ma (马子恒) | 3:42.93 | 3:50.33 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Yunke Zhang (张云柯) | 28 moves | 29.33 |
| Megaminx | Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远) | 1:07.04 | 1:12.16 |
| Square-1 | Zijia Feng (冯子甲) | 12.79 | 15.17 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) | 2:17.33 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Hongbin Chang (常宏彬) | 17:32.00 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Hongbin Chang (常宏彬) | 22 of 22 cubes · 57:08 | — |
The PB harvest
45 set · 16 still standing- Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远) — 3×3 single 10.86: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
- Yongming Yang (杨永明) — 3×3 single 12.30: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
- Liudi Sun (孙柳笛) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 33 moves: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
- Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 33 moves: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
- Sen Dang (党森) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 33 moves: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
- Shun Yao (姚舜) — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 6 of 6 cubes · 28:31: into the top 29.6% of the event's history.
- Yiming Xiao (肖一鸣) — 3×3 single 16.69: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
64 competitors · 165 results · 9 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 9.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F L2 F2 R2 F2 D2 B U2 L2 R D U' B2 L B F D' B2 F' D' - 2
F2 L2 D2 U2 B2 F' U2 R2 U' F2 D2 R' U2 R' D B2 U' L - 3
F2 D' F2 D' B2 D F2 R2 D' L2 F' D2 F U' L2 D' R' D L B F' - 4
R2 D L2 B' L2 F U' F R D' B2 L2 F2 L B2 R' F2 L2 - 5
B2 D B D2 R' U F B' L' U2 R2 B' R2 D2 F R2 F D2 F R2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
64 competitors- Bo Wang (王擘)
- Butian Gao (高步天)
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Fangze Zheng (郑方泽)
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)
- Haijun Chen (陈海军)
- Haodong Cheng (程昊东)
- Hongbin Chang (常宏彬)
- Huangbolin Hou (侯黄博林)
- Jia Zeng (曾嘉)
- Jiahe Dai (戴嘉禾)
- Jialiang Zhao (赵嘉亮)
- Jiaqi Liu (刘家琦)
- Jiejie Du (杜杰杰)
- Jingyao Wang (王靖尧)
- Jun Xu (徐俊)
- Junfeng Chen (陈骏枫)
- Junqi Miao (苗峻绮)
- Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)
- Lei Qiu (邱蕾)
- Libo Wei (韦立博)
- Liudi Sun (孙柳笛)
- Long Cheng (成龙)
- Lorenzo Vigani Poli
- Mulun Yin (阴目仑)
- Qiang Ma (马强)
- Qianshu Zhou (周千舒)
- Qingpo Niu (牛青坡)
- Rui Chen (陈睿)
- Ruimou Xiang (向睿牟)
- Runhe Cao (曹润禾)
- Sen Dang (党森)
- Shangzhi Jie (节尚志)
- Shijie Huang (黄诗捷)
- Shun Yao (姚舜)
- Sizhe Ren (任思哲)
- Tong Liu (刘童)
- Xianglong Gao (高向龙)
- Xiaobin Guo (郭筱彬)
- Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟)
- Xin Shi (石欣)
- Yan Jin (金岩)
- Yaoyuan Zhang (张耀元)
- Yi Wang (王毅)
- Yifan Meng (孟一凡)
- Yifan Xiao (肖一凡)
- Yiming Xiao (肖一鸣)
- Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
- Yongming Yang (杨永明)
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)
- Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯)
- Yunnan Li (李运南)
- Zhaolun Duan (段兆伦)
- Zhe Wang (王哲)
- Zheng Yuan (原正)
- Zhengru Li (李铮儒)
- Zhenyu He (贺震宇)
- Zhijian Bian (边志坚)
- Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远)
- Zian Song (宋子安)
- Ziheng Ma (马子恒)
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲)
- Zixun Zhang (张子勋)
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.