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Competitions · China

Xi'an New Year 2017

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 2 January 2017 · 11 events · 112 competitors · 112 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Bo Wang (王擘) by 0.10 seconds. 112 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Esukhei Bat-Erdene (Бат-Эрдэнэ Есүхэй) set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 13.51.

Three wins
Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.10s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Bo Wang (王擘) over Shujie Fang (方述杰)
112
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)7.828.83
2×2Jack Pan (潘杰康)1.561.93
4×4Bo Wang (王擘)32.6336.61
5×5Bo Wang (王擘)1:05.531:14.56
3×3 one-handedBo Wang (王擘)14.2717.23
PyraminxYi Wang (王旖)2.973.96
SkewbMo Ji (季默)2.914.05
Square-1Zijia Feng (冯子甲)10.2911.96
4×4 blindfoldedKaijun Lin (林恺俊)1:58.64
5×5 blindfoldedKaijun Lin (林恺俊)5:00.55
3×3 Multi-BlindYucheng Chen (陈裕铖)28 of 36 cubes · 1:00:00

The PB harvest

112 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

112 competitors · 514 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. Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won it with a 8.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.