Competitions · China

Xi'an New Year 2018

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 1 January 2018 · 8 events · 190 competitors · 90 personal bests

Yan Jin (金岩) won the 3×3 with a 9.28 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zifeng Liu (刘子枫) by 0.11 seconds. 190 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 121 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zexuan Li (李泽轩) took a Pyraminx single of 21.07 down to 6.01, 71 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Zifeng Liu (刘子枫) over Yan Jin (金岩)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yan Jin (金岩)	8.71	9.28
2×2	Zifeng Liu (刘子枫)	2.85	3.68
4×4	Heng Wu (吴恒)	32.40	33.23
3×3 blindfolded	Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)	43.89	—
3×3 one-handed	Ziyue Xie (谢梓跃)	14.98	16.34
Pyraminx	Lei Wang (王磊)	2.73	4.16
Skewb	Jinshun Li (李金顺)	3.12	3.99
Square-1	Wang Ma (马旺)	6.81	13.11

The PB harvest

90 set · 29 still standing

Jinshun Li (李金顺) — 3×3 single 8.59: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Zhaobo Sheng (盛照博) — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Haibo Sui (隋海波) — Skewb single 3.56: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Jinshun Li (李金顺) — 4×4 single 38.19: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Lijun Sun (孙莉均) — Skewb single 3.94: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Lei Wang (王磊) — Skewb single 4.10: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Sheng Wang (王晟) — 3×3 single 12.06: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

121 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

190 competitors · 586 results · 8 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. Yan Jin (金岩) won it with a 9.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

190 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.