Competitions · China

Shaoxing Afternoon 2021

Shaoxing · 27 March 2021 · 4 events · 83 competitors · 62 personal bests

Lukas Shelley won the 3×3 with a 7.01 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lukas Shelley by 1.08 seconds. 83 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率) set the 7×7 single continental record: 1:54.40.

events decided

1.08s

closest final — 3×3, Lukas Shelley over Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	5.67	7.01
6×6	Yu Tang (唐语)	1:36.94	1:40.77
7×7	Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率)	1:54.40	1:59.31
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	30.89	34.75

The PB harvest

62 set · 20 still standing

Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率) — 7×7 single 1:54.40: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — 3×3 single 6.29: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
Yu Tang (唐语) — Megaminx single 40.94: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Wenjie Lan (兰文杰) — 3×3 single 7.42: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Yitao Hong (洪奕涛) — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Kanting Shi (史勘霆) — Megaminx single 47.67: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Qingxin Lin (林庆鑫) — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Simiao Duan (段斯藐) — Megaminx single 50.07: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 228 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 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.