Competitions · China

Xianyang Open 2019

Xianyang, Shaanxi · 3 March 2019 · 7 events · 135 competitors · 142 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) by 0.23 seconds. 135 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lina Peng (彭丽娜) took a 2×2 single of 32.93 down to 9.61, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.23s

closest final — Pyraminx, Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) over Songtao Zhang (张松涛)

142

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	7.43	8.81
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.58	1.93
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	29.36	31.53
5×5	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	54.38	56.80
Megaminx	Wenhao He (贺文浩)	44.26	50.85
Pyraminx	Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)	3.58	3.93
Skewb	Xianglong Gao (高向龙)	4.31	4.84

The PB harvest

142 set · 49 still standing

Jialei Hu (胡佳磊) — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Yijia Chen (陈奕佳) — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Hua Geng (耿华) — 4×4 single 35.66: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Jialei Hu (胡佳磊) — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Hanwen Liu (刘翰文) — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Jiaheng Li (李嘉恒) — 3×3 single 10.49: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Yufei Gao (高宇飞) — Skewb single 3.73: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Weilong Tian (田伟龙) — Megaminx single 59.09: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

135 competitors · 581 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 8.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

135 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.