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Competitions · China

Xi'an Open 2015

Xi'an · 29 November 2015 · 8 events · 73 competitors · 56 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rui Chen (陈睿) by 0.17 seconds. 73 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhaolun Duan (段兆伦) took a Skewb single of 27.97 down to 6.00, 79 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Rui Chen (陈睿) over Zijia Feng (冯子甲)
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)8.059.25
2×2Rui Chen (陈睿)2.274.04
4×4Zijia Feng (冯子甲)35.0137.89
5×5Bo Wang (王擘)1:17.951:20.87
3×3 blindfoldedYongqiang Peng (彭永强)58.03
3×3 one-handedJiayu Wang (王佳宇)11.2814.08
PyraminxMingkang Guo (郭名康)4.655.55
SkewbJiejie Du (杜杰杰)4.025.29

The PB harvest

56 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

73 competitors · 365 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 9.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.