Competitions · China

Xuzhou Spring 2019

Xuzhou, Jiangsu · 1 May 2019 · 8 events · 143 competitors · 171 personal bests

Jack Pan (潘杰康) won two of the eight events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jack Pan (潘杰康) by 0.05 seconds. 143 competitors produced 171 personal bests, 75 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Xuechao Zhang (张学超) set the Square-1 average national record: 7.78.

Two wins

Jack Pan (潘杰康) — 3×3, 2×2

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Jack Pan (潘杰康) over Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)

171

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	8.02	9.13
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.12	1.91
4×4	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	27.50	32.52
3×3 one-handed	Xuechao Zhang (张学超)	12.75	13.69
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	33.89	38.83
Pyraminx	Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)	2.07	2.48
Skewb	Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣)	1.66	2.51
Square-1	Xuechao Zhang (张学超)	6.69	7.78

The PB harvest

171 set · 75 still standing

Xuechao Zhang (张学超) — Square-1 single 6.69: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Xuechao Zhang (张学超) — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Zishuo Zhang (张子硕) — Pyraminx single 2.59: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Ziyue Yang (杨子跃) — 3×3 single 7.83: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — Skewb single 2.72: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Ziyue Yang (杨子跃) — Skewb single 2.72: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Yuxiao Lu (陆语骁) — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Tiannan Wang (王天南) — Pyraminx single 3.29: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

143 competitors · 674 results · 8 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. Jack Pan (潘杰康) won it with a 9.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

143 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.