Competitions · China

Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021

Guangzhou, Guangdong · 28 February 2021 · 4 events · 149 competitors · 111 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won the 3×3 with a 7.88 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) by 0.22 seconds. 149 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 62 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yongxin Huang (黄涌鑫) took a Pyraminx single of 21.70 down to 4.53, 79 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.22s

closest final — Skewb, Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) over Tianze Xu (徐天泽)

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	6.36	7.88
3×3 one-handed	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	11.12	12.97
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	2.36	2.91
Skewb	Shangtong Fu (傅上桐)	2.15	2.76

The PB harvest

111 set · 62 still standing

Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — Pyraminx single 2.09: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Yu Li (李昱) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.25: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Jialong Liu (刘嘉龙) — 3×3 single 7.72: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Zhiyuan Zhang (张质源) — 3×3 single 8.42: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Ziran An (安子然) — Skewb single 2.84: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Yu Li (李昱) — 3×3 single 8.83: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Peiyan Li (利沛焰) — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Zhaoyang Hong (洪兆阳) — 3×3 single 8.97: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

149 competitors · 456 results · 4 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 7.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

149 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.