Competitions · China

Beijing Fall Open 2008

Beijing · 2 November 2008 · 10 events · 79 competitors · 37 personal bests

Timothy Sun won seven of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Timothy Sun by 0.19 seconds. 79 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Fubo Wang (王富博) set the Master Magic average continental record: 3.13.

Seven wins

Timothy Sun — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1, 3×3 with feet

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Timothy Sun over Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Timothy Sun	13.02	14.30
2×2	Timothy Sun	3.53	4.09
4×4	Timothy Sun	1:00.46	1:02.15
5×5	Timothy Sun	1:22.13	1:39.73
3×3 blindfolded	Timothy Sun	1:26.81	—
3×3 one-handed	Fubo Wang (王富博)	23.55	26.25
Square-1	Timothy Sun	34.41	39.08
3×3 with feet	Timothy Sun	2:06.65	2:42.90
Magic	Fubo Wang (王富博)	1.13	1.23
Master Magic	Fubo Wang (王富博)	2.97	3.13

The PB harvest

37 set · 8 still standing

Zheng Wu (伍政) — 3×3 single 14.83: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Ziqi Zhao (赵梓祺) — 3×3 single 16.66: into the top 29.9% of the event's history.
Zheng Wu (伍政) — 3×3 one-handed single 25.46: into the top 35.4% of the event's history.
Ming Liu (刘铭) — 3×3 single 24.19: into the top 50.8% of the event's history.
Yaoxi Li (李垚曦) — Magic single 2.13: into the top 71.3% of the event's history.
Yaoxi Li (李垚曦) — 2×2 single 9.88: into the top 77.5% of the event's history.
Hao Wang (王昊) — 3×3 single 44.72: into the top 81.8% of the event's history.
Xinghui Zhao (赵星辉) — 4×4 single 3:05.30: into the top 96.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 184 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

79 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.