Competitions · China

Zibo Open 2025

Zibo, Shandong · 10 August 2025 · 5 events · 250 competitors · 172 personal bests

Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won the 3×3 with a 4.59 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) by 0.09 seconds. 250 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 120 of which still stand today, and 88 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dong Xia (夏东) took a 2×2 single of 7.15 down to 1.99, 72 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.09s

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

172

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	3.93	4.59
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	1.03	1.23
3×3 one-handed	Zixuan Xu (徐子轩)	9.48	10.58
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.25	1.78
Skewb	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	1.81	2.08

The PB harvest

172 set · 120 still standing

Zhaokun Li (李昭昆) — 2×2 single 1.21: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Shuduan Zhang (张书端) — 2×2 single 1.31: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Changhao Wei (魏昶昊) — Pyraminx single 2.41: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Yanze Shi (石焱泽) — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Fan Chen (陈帆) — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Mingxuan Zhao (赵铭瑄) — 2×2 single 1.65: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Jiawen Liu (刘佳雯) — Pyraminx single 2.75: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Yaozong Tian (田耀宗) — Pyraminx single 3.07: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

88 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

250 competitors · 963 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. Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won it with a 4.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

250 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.