Competitions · China

Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 28 March 2021 · 4 events · 101 competitors · 62 personal bests

Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩) won the 3×3 with a 7.63 and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Zhiquan Li (李志权) by 0.17 seconds. 101 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sirun Wu (吴思润) took a 4×4 single of 1:13.46 down to 34.40, 53 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.17s

closest final — Square-1, Zhiquan Li (李志权) over Wang Ma (马旺)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩)	6.98	7.63
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	23.91	28.25
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	3.67	5.29
Square-1	Zhiquan Li (李志权)	6.73	8.64

The PB harvest

62 set · 28 still standing

Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩) — 4×4 single 25.36: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Zuhan Zhang (张祖瀚) — 3×3 single 6.99: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Beixian Guo (郭倍先) — 4×4 single 27.53: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) — 3×3 single 7.51: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Yu Li (李宇) — 3×3 single 7.63: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Zhichun Li (李志纯) — 4×4 single 29.96: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
An Hu (胡安) — 4×4 single 30.62: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Yi Liu (刘艺) — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

101 competitors · 269 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. Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩) won it with a 7.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.