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Competitions · China

Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 9 January 2021 · 5 events · 70 competitors · 53 personal bests

Zijian Cai (蔡子健) won the 3×3 with a 7.42 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zijian Cai (蔡子健) by 0.42 seconds. 70 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Youcheng Zhang (张祐诚) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 1:48.97 down to 57.46, 47 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.42s
closest final — 3×3, Zijian Cai (蔡子健) over Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zijian Cai (蔡子健)6.467.42
4×4Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩)28.0630.12
5×5Weiqin Yang (杨伟钦)58.1559.66
3×3 blindfoldedYifan Wang (王逸帆)22.28
MegaminxRenxin Tang (汤任欣)39.2045.47

The PB harvest

53 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

18 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

70 competitors · 159 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. Zijian Cai (蔡子健) won it with a 7.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.