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Competitions · China

Xining Summer Open 2016

Xining, Qinghai · 31 July 2016 · 9 events · 68 competitors · 59 personal bests

Xiaoke Xu (徐晓珂) won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Zijia Feng (冯子甲) by 0.06 seconds. 68 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jingyun Yang (杨静赟) took a Skewb single of 11.38 down to 4.74, 58 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Xiaoke Xu (徐晓珂) — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.06s
closest final — 4×4, Zijia Feng (冯子甲) over Bo Wang (王擘)
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Xiaoke Xu (徐晓珂)9.7511.30
2×2Xiaoke Xu (徐晓珂)2.482.67
4×4Zijia Feng (冯子甲)32.7037.59
5×5Bo Wang (王擘)1:02.431:08.90
3×3 one-handedXiaoke Xu (徐晓珂)14.5716.29
MegaminxZhiyuan Liao (廖智远)55.551:06.03
PyraminxBaoquan Zhang (张宝权)4.787.14
SkewbXiaoke Xu (徐晓珂)4.846.64
Square-1Zijia Feng (冯子甲)9.2412.84

The PB harvest

59 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

30 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

68 competitors · 280 results · 9 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. Xiaoke Xu (徐晓珂) won it with a 11.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.