Competitions · China

Shanghai Summer 2026

Shanghai · 1 August 2026 · 5 events · 183 competitors · 85 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) by 0.27 seconds. 183 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 78 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jialei Zhang (张家磊) took a 3×3 single of 23.28 down to 7.80, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2

0.27s

closest final — Pyraminx, Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) over Yening Liu (刘烨宁)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.58	4.01
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.96	1.01
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	6.49	7.29
Pyraminx	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	1.84	1.93
Skewb	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	1.29	2.09

The PB harvest

85 set · 78 still standing

Yuze Zong (宗昱泽) — 3×3 single 5.33: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Ziqing Zeng (曾子清) — 2×2 single 1.06: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
Jirui Wu (吴济锐) — 3×3 single 6.58: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Zhuanhao Jiang (蒋传灏) — 3×3 single 6.63: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Zhenghan Lü (吕政翰) — 3×3 single 6.70: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Ziqing Zeng (曾子清) — 3×3 single 6.91: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Shenye Zhang (张沈业) — 3×3 single 7.47: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Zheqi Xie (谢哲麒) — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

50 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

183 competitors · 597 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

183 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.