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Cebu Open 2008

Cebu City · 19 April 2008 · 6 events · 31 competitors · 30 personal bests

Moon Bum-Seok won three of the six events (2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by James Benedict Cañares by 0.33 seconds. 31 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jonathan Papa set the 5×5 single national record: 2:49.77.

Three wins
Moon Bum-Seok — 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.33s
closest final — 3×3, James Benedict Cañares over Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維)
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3James Benedict Cañares10.6815.66
2×2Moon Bum-Seok4.056.33
4×4Jonathan Papa1:20.771:26.77
5×5Moon Bum-Seok2:42.84
3×3 blindfoldedJonathan Papa3:49.30
3×3 one-handedMoon Bum-Seok27.3032.63

The PB harvest

30 set · 8 still standing
  • Moon Bum-Seok — 3×3 single 13.11: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Moon Bum-Seok — 2×2 single 4.05: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.
  • Norman Mijares — 2×2 single 5.27: into the top 42.6% of the event's history.
  • Stanly Inso — 3×3 single 29.75: into the top 62.1% of the event's history.
  • Norman Mijares — 3×3 one-handed single 48.65: into the top 75.5% of the event's history.
  • Norman Mijares — 4×4 single 1:49.65: into the top 76.5% of the event's history.
  • Patrick Joseph Daep — 2×2 single 11.52: into the top 83.0% of the event's history.
  • Stanly Inso — 2×2 single 12.96: into the top 86.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

31 competitors · 126 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

31 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.