Competitions · China

Xi'an Open 2018

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 27 October 2018 · 12 events · 187 competitors · 222 personal bests

Yu Tang (唐语) won three of the twelve events (2×2, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yu Tang (唐语) by 0.02 seconds. 187 competitors produced 222 personal bests, 89 of which still stand today, and 70 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhibin Liu (刘治斌) took a Skewb single of 25.63 down to 6.11, 76 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Yu Tang (唐语) — 2×2, 6×6, 7×7

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Yu Tang (唐语) over Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)

222

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	7.00	8.17
2×2	Yu Tang (唐语)	1.86	3.04
4×4	Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程)	28.93	32.17
5×5	Bo Wang (王擘)	54.92	59.58
6×6	Yu Tang (唐语)	1:43.79	1:55.53
7×7	Yu Tang (唐语)	2:50.24	2:59.35
3×3 Fewest Moves	Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)	25 moves	27.33
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	10.04	11.70
Megaminx	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	38.66	40.52
Pyraminx	Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)	2.51	3.87
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.53	3.79
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	7.68	9.32

The PB harvest

222 set · 89 still standing

Yu Tang (唐语) — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — Pyraminx single 2.57: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Lei Wang (王磊) — 3×3 single 9.12: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Jing Jia (贾婧) — Pyraminx single 3.57: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Chenying Pei (裴琛英) — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Wangkang Zhu (朱旺康) — Pyraminx single 3.59: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Haoyang Li (李昊阳) — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Zhibin Liu (刘治斌) — Pyraminx single 3.84: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

70 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

187 competitors · 1058 results · 12 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 8.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

187 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.