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Zhangzhou Spring 2017

Zhangzhou, Fujian · 9 April 2017 · 9 events · 72 competitors · 98 personal bests

Zheng Lin (林铮) won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Zheng Lin (林铮) by 0.06 seconds. 72 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ziheng Zhuang (庄子烆) took a 3×3 single of 2:30.69 down to 1:12.44, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Zheng Lin (林铮) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.06s
closest final — 4×4, Zheng Lin (林铮) over Xiaojing Zhang (张小静)
98
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zheng Lin (林铮)9.9911.38
2×2Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)1.842.16
4×4Zheng Lin (林铮)38.0141.55
5×5Zheng Lin (林铮)1:04.251:18.77
3×3 blindfoldedZexi Zeng (曾泽西)2:39.49
3×3 one-handedJingweichi Chen (陈经纬赤)15.8117.56
MegaminxYuchen Huang (黄禹尘)46.4851.98
PyraminxLin Lai (赖林)4.525.07
SkewbZeyu Gao (高泽宇)3.124.05

The PB harvest

98 set · 33 still standing

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

72 competitors · 351 results · 9 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. Zheng Lin (林铮) won it with a 11.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.