Competitions · China

Xinxiang Open 2019

Xinxiang, Henan · 22 September 2019 · 7 events · 112 competitors · 115 personal bests

Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) won two of the seven events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Xinyun Chen (陈新运) by 0.01 seconds. 112 competitors produced 115 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yiyang Bo (薄一扬) took a 2×2 single of 31.13 down to 7.79, 75 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — 2×2, 4×4

0.01s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Xinyun Chen (陈新运) over Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)

115

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Weihao Kong (孔维浩)	6.65	7.36
2×2	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	1.76	2.12
4×4	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	30.28	33.72
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	40.83	—
3×3 one-handed	Xinyun Chen (陈新运)	12.73	17.06
Pyraminx	Yining Yao (姚祎宁)	2.30	3.15
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.38	2.96

The PB harvest

115 set · 71 still standing

Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — 2×2 single 1.25: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — 3×3 single 7.50: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Hongbo Cui (崔鈜博) — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Liangrong Ma (马良戎) — Pyraminx single 3.25: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Yibo Zhang (张壹博) — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Zhenxiao Yao (姚振笑) — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Weilun Zhang (张炜纶) — 3×3 single 10.78: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

112 competitors · 437 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. Weihao Kong (孔维浩) won it with a 7.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.