Competitions · China

Zhengzhou Open 2019

Zhengzhou, Henan · 26 May 2019 · 7 events · 97 competitors · 92 personal bests

Zibo Xu (徐子博) won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zibo Xu (徐子博) by 0.11 seconds. 97 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zehao Gan (甘泽昊) took a 2×2 single of 7.76 down to 3.43, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Zibo Xu (徐子博) over Yusheng Du (杜宇生)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	5.59	7.05
2×2	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	2.58	3.69
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	29.47	32.00
3×3 one-handed	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	10.21	12.87
Megaminx	Renxin Tang (汤任欣)	40.78	45.19
Pyraminx	Boxi Chen (陈博希)	2.40	3.33
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.73	3.36

The PB harvest

92 set · 42 still standing

Boxi Chen (陈博希) — Pyraminx single 2.00: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — 3×3 single 8.31: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Qiang Ma (马强) — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Yuhao Deng (邓宇豪) — Pyraminx single 3.14: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Zhifang Xi (席之枋) — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Ziyu Liu (刘子玉) — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Zhexuan Chen (陈哲轩) — Pyraminx single 4.61: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

97 competitors · 406 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 7.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.