Competitions · China

Xi'an Open 2023

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 24 December 2023 · 6 events · 97 competitors · 104 personal bests

Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率) won two of the six events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) by 0.82 seconds. 97 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yang Cheng (程阳) took a Clock single of 13.90 down to 5.64, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率) — 6×6, 7×7

0.82s

closest final — 5×5, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) over Xuming Wang (王旭明)

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
5×5	Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)	48.19	51.02
6×6	Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率)	1:22.85	1:27.52
7×7	Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率)	1:58.99	2:08.14
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)	24 moves	26.33
Clock	Ruiyin Chen (陈睿尹)	3.80	4.51
Square-1	An Li (李安)	7.11	9.29

The PB harvest

104 set · 26 still standing

Yu Feng (冯煜) — 7×7 single 1:54.56: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Yu Feng (冯煜) — 6×6 single 1:20.41: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Wenxuan Tang (唐文轩) — 7×7 single 2:32.87: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Jinyao Chen (陈今尧) — 7×7 single 2:32.90: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Yi Li (李燚) — 5×5 single 57.98: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Yilin Wang (王艺霖) — 6×6 single 1:42.80: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Jinyao Chen (陈今尧) — 5×5 single 59.75: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) — 7×7 single 2:40.33: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

97 competitors · 355 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

97 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.