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Competitions · China

Xuzhou Winter 2018

Xuzhou, Jiangsu · 24 November 2018 · 13 events · 126 competitors · 152 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won three of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) by 0.08 seconds. 126 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tongke Zhou (周同科) took a Square-1 single of 40.80 down to 18.34, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.08s
closest final — 3×3, Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) over Weihao Kong (孔维浩)
152
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)6.938.23
2×2Zhibo Jin (金智博)2.393.04
4×4Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)31.6534.05
5×5Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)1:05.071:08.04
6×6Zian Song (宋子安)2:05.672:07.77
7×7Zian Song (宋子安)3:18.473:20.88
3×3 blindfoldedYumeng Zhou (周雨萌)55.88
3×3 one-handedXuechao Zhang (张学超)10.1613.40
ClockXiangjie Li (李祥杰)6.127.13
MegaminxTiannan Wang (王天南)49.2451.02
PyraminxXingkai Yin (尹星凯)2.402.73
SkewbLinxiao Xu (徐林霄)3.834.15
Square-1Xuechao Zhang (张学超)8.579.23

The PB harvest

152 set · 50 still standing

First-timers

42 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

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

The field

126 competitors · 830 results · 13 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 8.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

126 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.