Competitions · China

Xi'an New Year 2020

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 1 January 2020 · 7 events · 176 competitors · 142 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yusheng Du (杜宇生) by 0.02 seconds. 176 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 90 of which still stand today, and 54 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Xudong Yan (闫煦东) took a 3×3 single of 50.81 down to 15.94, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Yusheng Du (杜宇生) over Mulun Yin (阴目仑)

142

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	6.31	7.92
2×2	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	1.88	2.38
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	27.05	32.13
Megaminx	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	37.58	40.53
Pyraminx	Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)	2.36	2.80
Skewb	Menghao Zhao (赵梦豪)	3.63	4.90
Square-1	Wang Ma (马旺)	7.46	9.17

The PB harvest

142 set · 90 still standing

Yan Jin (金岩) — 3×3 single 6.83: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Zhiwu Jiang (姜智午) — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Ziming Guo (郭子鸣) — Pyraminx single 3.72: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Yujia Wu (吴语嘉) — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Hua Geng (耿华) — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Harold Kwok Hei (郭曦) — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Ziming Guo (郭子鸣) — 3×3 single 10.60: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Yufei Gao (高宇飞) — 3×3 single 10.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

54 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

176 competitors · 679 results · 7 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 7.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

176 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.