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So far it has factored the number 21 to its constituent primes.

Yes, using the Shor algorithm and this was achieved in... 2012 ([1], from Wikipedia).

Larger cases of quantum factorization since then used non-scalable algorithms.

no, there has not been a single run of shor for even the number 6 as far as I know, in the link you give apendix A shows they did not in fact use the 5 bits needed for factoring 21. Every experiment I know about used short cuts to get an answer, you'd think 6 would be easy enough, it fits in the 4 bits they did use!

Intel reported being able to factor 35 three out of ten times or thereabouts in spring, iirc

noise is hell in QC, sadly

Honestly, you also have to consider the sculptures they are.

I’m joking, but they absolutely had a different designer than the colliders

They really are quite beautiful. At least when they aren't submerged in liquid nitrogen. I like this picture since you probably can see what it also looks like when enclosed:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/less-than-p-greater-...

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