Competitions · China

XPU Open 2017

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 14 October 2017 · 7 events · 105 competitors · 72 personal bests

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yan Jin (金岩) by 0.09 seconds. 105 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) set the 3×3 average national record: 7.19.

Three wins

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Yan Jin (金岩) over Bo Wang (王擘)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	6.66	7.19
2×2	Yan Jin (金岩)	1.90	3.15
4×4	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	28.27	34.15
3×3 one-handed	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	12.29	13.64
Pyraminx	Lei Wang (王磊)	3.64	4.65
Skewb	Tong Liu (刘童)	4.18	5.11
Square-1	Tong Liu (刘童)	9.45	13.98

The PB harvest

72 set · 18 still standing

Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — Skewb single 2.47: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Ziyue Xie (谢梓跃) — 3×3 single 8.28: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Tong Liu (刘童) — Square-1 single 9.45: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Tong Liu (刘童) — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Qingpo Niu (牛青坡) — 3×3 single 10.22: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Jingkai Sun (孙靖凯) — 3×3 single 10.43: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Ziyue Xie (谢梓跃) — 4×4 single 41.03: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Zhenkai Wang (王振锴) — 3×3 single 12.48: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

105 competitors · 401 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 7.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.