Competitions · China

Beijing Spring Open 2009

Beijing · 21 February 2009 · 10 events · 103 competitors · 70 personal bests

Timothy Sun won seven of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Timothy Sun by 0.07 seconds. 103 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Timothy Sun set the 3×3 with feet single continental record: 1:19.84.

Seven wins

Timothy Sun — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 with feet, Magic, Master Magic

0.07s

closest final — Magic, Timothy Sun over Ming Gao (高鸣)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Timothy Sun	10.77	14.07
2×2	Timothy Sun	3.61	4.22
4×4	Timothy Sun	53.61	59.69
5×5	Timothy Sun	1:32.33	1:36.44
3×3 blindfolded	Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕)	58.38	—
3×3 one-handed	Fubo Wang (王富博)	20.55	23.75
4×4 blindfolded	Baiqiang Dong (董百强)	18:31.00	—
3×3 with feet	Timothy Sun	1:19.84	1:34.94
Magic	Timothy Sun	1.06	1.12
Master Magic	Timothy Sun	2.81	3.14

The PB harvest

70 set · 11 still standing

Hongbin Xu — 3×3 single 14.50: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
Xiao Li — 3×3 single 15.61: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Xiao Li — 3×3 one-handed single 25.46: into the top 35.4% of the event's history.
Yikai Wang (王奕凯) — 3×3 single 20.40: into the top 41.1% of the event's history.
Yandong Li (李燕东) — Magic single 1.65: into the top 43.9% of the event's history.
Tianxiong Li — 3×3 single 22.28: into the top 46.2% of the event's history.
Greg Charvet — 3×3 single 26.40: into the top 55.6% of the event's history.
Ziqi Zhao (赵梓祺) — 2×2 single 6.50: into the top 55.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

103 competitors · 277 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

103 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.