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Competitions · China

Yancheng Spring 2019

Yancheng, Jiangsu · 6 April 2019 · 7 events · 121 competitors · 102 personal bests

Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Zheng Chen (陈政) by 0.02 seconds. 121 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 65 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Guoliang Wang (王国梁) took a Skewb single of 7.12 down to 3.19, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — Pyraminx, Zheng Chen (陈政) over Yuntian Jiang (蒋云天)
102
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)8.469.59
2×2Zhibo Jin (金智博)1.672.17
4×4Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)30.0033.80
5×5Yu Tang (唐语)57.0458.05
3×3 one-handedXiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)12.5414.81
PyraminxZheng Chen (陈政)3.444.72
SkewbZhiyuan Ma (马之元)2.144.56

The PB harvest

102 set · 38 still standing

First-timers

65 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

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

The field

121 competitors · 491 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. Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) won it with a 9.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

121 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.