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Yangling Open 2014

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 8 November 2014 · 5 events · 31 competitors · 42 personal bests

Yan Jin (金岩) won the 3×3 with a 10.55 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Hao Xu (徐豪) by 0.04 seconds. 31 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhi Geng (耿智) took a Skewb single of 18.78 down to 4.09, 78 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Hao Xu (徐豪) over Mingkang Guo (郭名康)
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yan Jin (金岩)8.5110.55
2×2Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟)3.323.57
4×4Shaowei Hou (侯少尉)38.0042.74
PyraminxHao Xu (徐豪)3.244.67
SkewbJiejie Du (杜杰杰)4.886.21

The PB harvest

42 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

31 competitors · 157 results · 5 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. Yan Jin (金岩) won it with a 10.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

31 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.