Competitions · China

Zhengzhou Zest 2025

Zhengzhou, Henan · 27 December 2025 · 6 events · 212 competitors · 165 personal bests

Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won the 3×3 with a 4.42 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) by 0.06 seconds. 212 competitors produced 165 personal bests, 94 of which still stand today, and 56 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) set the Pyraminx average world record: 1.14.

events decided

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) over Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)

165

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	4.00	4.42
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.77	1.09
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	7.68	8.72
Clock	Yening Liu (刘烨宁)	2.93	4.05
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	0.97	1.14
Skewb	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	1.27	1.98

The PB harvest

165 set · 94 still standing

Litao Hao (郝立涛) — Pyraminx single 0.99: into the top 0.036% of the event's history.
Yuhan Zha (查昱涵) — 3×3 single 5.46: into the top 0.23% of the event's history.
Zhiyuan Xue (薛智远) — 3×3 single 5.93: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
Yanbo Liu (刘彦博) — Pyraminx single 1.55: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
Yiyun Chen (陈毅昀) — Pyraminx single 1.69: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — Pyraminx single 2.04: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Yuheng Wu (吴雨衡) — Pyraminx single 2.10: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Zeyuan Li (李泽元) — Pyraminx single 2.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

56 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

212 competitors · 905 results · 6 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. Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won it with a 4.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

212 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.