The finals of the 13th Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC, Gunpla World Cup), a contest to determine the world's best Gunpla builder from the Gundam anime series, were held on February 7th at Gundam Base Tokyo (Koto-ku, Tokyo), and in the U-14 course for ages 6 to 14, "FLY, SKYLARK Z GUNDAM!" (ZHOU HAOXUAN), representing mainland China, was crowned world champion. The masterpiece is based on the Gundam Lindwurm Gunpla "RE/100 1/100 Gundam Lindwurm" from "Gundam Build Divers Genius Head Line."
ZHOU HAOXUAN, the creator of the world's best Gunpla, is 11 years old and has been building Gunpla for about three years. The base Gundam Lindwurm is a Bawoo, but the head is from a machine called the Z Gundam, and he customized it by adding fin funnels. He focused on the blue, white, and green camouflage color scheme that evokes the sky.
In the U-14 course, Japan's representative "We won't scatter at Jaburo!" (Gunpla Mana-kun) came in second place, and Malaysia's representative "Gundam in the Battlefield" (Anderson) came in third place.
GBWC is an international competition that began in 2011, where participants compete in Gunpla construction, painting techniques, and ideas. The 13th GBWC was held in 16 countries and regions, including Japan, Australia, Canada, Europe & the Middle East, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK, the US, and Vietnam. There are three courses: the OVER-21 course for those 21 years of age and older, the U-20 course for those 15-20 years old, and the U-14 course for those 6-14 years old.
