Competitions · China

Xi'an Open 2024

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 3 August 2024 · 10 events · 272 competitors · 329 personal bests

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) won four of the ten events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Yening Liu (刘烨宁) by 0.17 seconds. 272 competitors produced 329 personal bests, 115 of which still stand today, and 54 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) set the 4×4 single national record: 18.79.

Four wins

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.17s

closest final — Clock, Yening Liu (刘烨宁) over Haoxuan Zhang (张浩轩)

329

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	4.54	4.88
4×4	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	18.79	23.46
5×5	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	42.40	44.59
6×6	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:16.88	1:17.73
7×7	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:46.33	1:49.91
3×3 blindfolded	Jieyu Yang (杨杰予)	16.42	18.00
3×3 one-handed	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	8.48	9.71
Clock	Yening Liu (刘烨宁)	3.66	4.54
Megaminx	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	26.83	28.29
Square-1	Xuezhong Deng (邓学中)	6.73	8.73

The PB harvest

329 set · 115 still standing

Xiyuan Zhao (赵希源) — 3×3 single 5.53: into the top 0.26% of the event's history.
Xingtong Wang (王星童) — 3×3 single 6.22: into the top 0.63% of the event's history.
Tianhao Mo (莫天皓) — 3×3 single 6.38: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Yibo Xu (许一博) — 3×3 single 6.43: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Danning Zhao (赵丹宁) — 3×3 single 6.50: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Pengcheng Li (栗鹏程) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.98: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Tianhao Mo (莫天皓) — 3×3 one-handed single 10.04: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Tianyu Xie (谢天予) — 3×3 single 6.78: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

54 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

272 competitors · 1407 results · 10 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

272 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.