Competitions · China

Beijing Summer Open 2009

Beijing · 16 August 2009 · 11 events · 162 competitors · 145 personal bests

Haixu Zhang (张海旭) won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Ge Song (宋鸽) by 0.01 seconds. 162 competitors produced 145 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Tong Jiang (蒋彤) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single world record: 15 of 15 cubes · 52:01.

Three wins

Haixu Zhang (张海旭) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.01s

closest final — Magic, Ge Song (宋鸽) over Kai Liu (刘恺)

145

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Haixu Zhang (张海旭)	11.34	12.88
2×2	Ming Gao (高鸣)	3.77	4.27
4×4	Haixu Zhang (张海旭)	44.91	49.64
5×5	Haixu Zhang (张海旭)	1:36.44	1:42.54
3×3 blindfolded	Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕)	41.61	—
3×3 one-handed	Fubo Wang (王富博)	19.47	22.73
Pyraminx	Rui Yang (杨睿)	7.93	8.72
Square-1	Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟)	12.05	14.61
3×3 Multi-Blind	Tong Jiang (蒋彤)	15 of 15 cubes · 52:01	—
Magic	Ge Song (宋鸽)	0.91	0.95
Master Magic	Xiao Tan (谭啸)	1.94	2.13

The PB harvest

145 set · 48 still standing

Kai Liu (刘恺) — Magic single 0.86: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
Xiao Tan (谭啸) — Master Magic single 1.94: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Ge Song (宋鸽) — Magic single 0.91: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Fubo Wang (王富博) — Master Magic single 2.50: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — Magic single 1.09: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — Master Magic single 2.61: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟) — Square-1 single 12.05: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Ge Song (宋鸽) — Master Magic single 2.78: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 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

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

162 competitors · 476 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

162 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.