Competitions · China

Xi'an New Year 2025

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 4 January 2025 · 6 events · 178 competitors · 138 personal bests

Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won the 3×3 with a 5.75 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Like Li (李李可) by 0.16 seconds. 178 competitors produced 138 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 61 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) set the Skewb average continental record: 1.63.

events decided

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Like Li (李李可) over Yingjian Gong (龚英健)

138

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	4.34	5.75
2×2	Like Li (李李可)	0.89	1.53
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	7.48	8.42
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.07	1.50
Skewb	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	2.06	2.84
Square-1	Canzheng Cao (曹参政)	10.83	11.58

The PB harvest

138 set · 67 still standing

Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — Pyraminx single 1.15: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
Haoyang Li (李昊阳) — 3×3 single 5.50: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Yanru Sun (孙琰茹) — Pyraminx single 1.41: into the top 0.32% of the event's history.
Like Li (李李可) — 2×2 single 0.89: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱) — 2×2 single 0.97: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Ruihan Chen (陈睿涵) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.00: into the top 0.51% of the event's history.
Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — Pyraminx single 1.68: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

61 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

178 competitors · 704 results · 6 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. Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won it with a 5.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

178 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.