Competitions · China

Xuzhou Open 2018

Xuzhou · 17 June 2018 · 7 events · 135 competitors · 117 personal bests

Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) won two of the seven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣) by 0.09 seconds. 135 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Chenchang Yang (杨宸畅) set the Skewb average continental record: 2.45.

Two wins

Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — Skewb, Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣) over Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇)

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yinqin Li (李尹钦)	6.89	8.55
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.28	1.75
4×4	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	28.18	32.37
3×3 one-handed	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	13.01	14.50
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	39.66	42.67
Pyraminx	Boxi Chen (陈博希)	2.84	3.52
Skewb	Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣)	2.62	3.10

The PB harvest

117 set · 36 still standing

Chenchang Yang (杨宸畅) — Skewb single 1.82: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟) — 3×3 single 7.47: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Tianze Xu (徐天泽) — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇) — 3×3 single 9.49: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Zhengyang Zhang (张正阳) — Pyraminx single 3.81: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Ruixian Li (李瑞先) — Skewb single 3.69: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Yuting Zhou (周宇霆) — Skewb single 3.70: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Poyue Guo (郭泊岳) — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

135 competitors · 729 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. Yinqin Li (李尹钦) won it with a 8.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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