Competitions · China

Xuchang Open 2017

Xuchang, Henan · 24 September 2017 · 7 events · 83 competitors · 60 personal bests

Zibo Xu (徐子博) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) by 0.12 seconds. 83 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jinbiao Ban (班金彪) took a 2×2 single of 18.08 down to 6.77, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) over Zibo Xu (徐子博)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	6.89	7.76
2×2	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	2.30	3.38
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	28.66	32.47
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	30.43	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Baiqiang Dong (董百强)	28 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	13.76	15.92
Pyraminx	Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)	3.77	5.86

The PB harvest

60 set · 26 still standing

Mingyue Gao (高明月) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.84: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — 3×3 blindfolded single 54.81: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Caijie Yan (颜才杰) — 3×3 single 11.50: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.72: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Xinchao Sun (孙新超) — 3×3 single 12.50: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Jinbiao Ban (班金彪) — 3×3 single 12.72: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Siming Liu (刘思铭) — 4×4 single 49.08: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
Yanfeng Zhu (朱艳枫) — 3×3 single 15.10: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

83 competitors · 345 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 7.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.