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Competitions · China

Xi'an Summer 2016

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 8 May 2016 · 7 events · 56 competitors · 54 personal bests

Yan Jin (金岩) won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yan Jin (金岩) by 0.03 seconds. 56 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tianqin Lu (陆天勤) took a 3×3 single of 30.41 down to 15.66, 49 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Yan Jin (金岩) — 3×3, 2×2
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Yan Jin (金岩) over Hongyu Zhu (朱宏宇)
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yan Jin (金岩)9.129.62
2×2Yan Jin (金岩)2.013.48
4×4Bo Wang (王擘)32.3137.39
3×3 blindfoldedXin Shi (石欣)37.68
3×3 one-handedYiwei Liu (刘伊玮)14.6816.94
PyraminxLei Wang (王磊)3.285.01
SkewbSizhe Ren (任思哲)3.484.50

The PB harvest

54 set · 12 still standing

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

56 competitors · 255 results · 7 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. Yan Jin (金岩) won it with a 9.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.