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Beijing Winter 2009

Beijing · 20 December 2009 · 13 events · 38 competitors · 69 personal bests

Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) won five of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Pascal So (蘇柏熙) by 0.05 seconds. 38 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single continental record: 29 moves.

Five wins
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves
0.05s
closest final — 4×4, Pascal So (蘇柏熙) over Rui Yang (杨睿)
69
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓)11.5512.32
2×2Pascal So (蘇柏熙)3.093.80
4×4Pascal So (蘇柏熙)47.6653.27
5×5Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)1:38.381:48.44
6×6Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)3:48.973:50.71
7×7Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)5:34.465:47.27
3×3 blindfoldedYunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)1:38.44
3×3 Fewest MovesYunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)29 moves
3×3 one-handedYi Ren (任逸)15.9722.07
ClockGe Song (宋鸽)8.9410.53
Square-1Liping Shang (商立平)24.8427.34
MagicGe Song (宋鸽)0.971.02
Master MagicXu Zhao (赵旭)2.082.27

The PB harvest

69 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

Six 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

38 competitors · 227 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

38 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.