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Xuzhou Open AM 2021

Xuzhou · 16 May 2021 · 4 events · 37 competitors · 26 personal bests

Lianhao Zhu (褚连皓) won the 3×3 with a 8.39 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) by 0.07 seconds. 37 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuqi Li (李雨琪) took a 2×2 single of 8.17 down to 4.15, 49 percent better in one day.

4
events decided
0.07s
closest final — Skewb, Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) over Yiyang Chen (陈熠扬)
26
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lianhao Zhu (褚连皓)6.988.39
2×2Guanbo Wang (王冠博)1.051.72
PyraminxXuyang Chen (陈徐洋)2.123.06
SkewbXinjie Shi (施鑫杰)2.894.05

The PB harvest

26 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

37 competitors · 128 results · 4 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. Lianhao Zhu (褚连皓) won it with a 8.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.