Competitions · China

Kunshan Afternoon 2021

Suzhou, Jiangsu · 2 May 2021 · 4 events · 79 competitors · 58 personal bests

Lukas Shelley won the 3×3 with a 6.31 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jack Pan (潘杰康) by 0.08 seconds. 79 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lukas Shelley set the 3×3 average national record: 6.31.

events decided

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Jack Pan (潘杰康) over Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	5.92	6.31
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.10	1.80
7×7	Xingkai Yin (尹星凯)	3:02.67	3:10.53
3×3 one-handed	Lei Liu (刘磊)	9.92	11.19

The PB harvest

58 set · 29 still standing

Mingshuo Zhao (赵铭硕) — 2×2 single 1.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Lukas Shelley — 3×3 one-handed single 10.10: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.05: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Jing Chen (陈憬) — 3×3 single 7.71: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Wenqi Diao (刁文琪) — 2×2 single 1.92: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Jinlin Li (李金琳) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.23: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Zhangbo Xia (夏章博) — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Tiancheng Yang (杨天成) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.98: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 220 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. Lukas Shelley won it with a 6.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.