Competitions · China

Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019

Zhongshan, Guangdong · 27 October 2019 · 7 events · 109 competitors · 97 personal bests

Zijian Cai (蔡子健) won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) by 0.01 seconds. 109 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hao Yang (杨浩) took a 3×3 one-handed single of 38.14 down to 17.47, 54 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — 3×3, 2×2

0.01s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) over Leung Ka Ho (梁家浩)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zijian Cai (蔡子健)	6.79	7.77
2×2	Zijian Cai (蔡子健)	1.43	2.35
4×4	Zixi Li (李梓熙)	31.86	33.34
5×5	Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)	54.07	58.70
6×6	Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)	1:36.51	1:42.15
7×7	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	2:14.08	2:20.29
3×3 one-handed	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	13.14	14.81

The PB harvest

97 set · 55 still standing

Rilang Cao (曹日朗) — 3×3 single 6.42: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Leung Ka Ho (梁家浩) — 4×4 single 28.72: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Dingneng Deng (邓定能) — 3×3 single 8.17: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Haoxi Zheng (郑浩禧) — 3×3 single 8.69: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Yixi Liu (刘奕希) — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Dingneng Deng (邓定能) — 4×4 single 34.25: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Jiajie Ou (区嘉杰) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.13: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Xujia Lei (雷旭嘉) — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

109 competitors · 426 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. Zijian Cai (蔡子健) won it with a 7.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.