Competitions · China

Beijing Metropolis Open 2009

Beijing · 2 May 2009 · 12 events · 149 competitors · 117 personal bests

Timothy Sun won six of the twelve events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Ge Song (宋鸽) by 0.23 seconds. 149 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 65 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕) set the 3×3 blindfolded single world record: 47.22.

Six wins

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

0.23s

closest final — Magic, Ge Song (宋鸽) over Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓)	11.66	14.25
2×2	Timothy Sun	3.68	4.46
4×4	Timothy Sun	52.34	57.17
5×5	Timothy Sun	1:38.44	1:42.34
3×3 blindfolded	Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕)	47.22	—
3×3 one-handed	Fubo Wang (王富博)	23.40	24.73
Pyraminx	Timothy Sun	7.00	10.89
Square-1	Timothy Sun	17.05	25.40
3×3 Multi-Blind	Luchen Zhang (张录辰)	4 of 5 cubes · 39:51	—
3×3 with feet	Timothy Sun	1:02.19	1:28.76
Magic	Ge Song (宋鸽)	1.03	1.08
Master Magic	Fubo Wang (王富博)	2.59	2.69

The PB harvest

117 set · 42 still standing

Fubo Wang (王富博) — Magic single 1.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Chang Liu (刘畅) — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Timothy Sun — Square-1 single 17.05: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
Haoxuan Zhang (张昊轩) — 3×3 single 14.05: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
Liang Chang (常亮) — 3×3 single 14.50: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
Qiyi Ding (丁琪依) — 3×3 single 15.72: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
Shuai Shi (师帅) — 3×3 single 15.72: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
Ziyu Liu (刘子玉) — 3×3 single 15.91: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

65 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 3,600 people who made their debut in 2009. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

149 competitors · 429 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

149 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.