Competitions · China
Floating Clouds Open 2011
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province · 1 May 2011 · 6 events · 35 competitors · 18 personal bests
Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) won three of the six events (2×2, 4×4, Magic) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) by 0.21 seconds. 35 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Chengze Li (李承泽) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 7:45.69 down to 4:05.40, 47 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 9.27 | 10.39 |
| 2×2 | Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) | 3.21 | 4.16 |
| 4×4 | Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) | 53.86 | 1:02.25 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Yuhui Xu (许宇辉) | 36.31 | — |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Zhizhe Liang (梁稚喆) | — | — |
| Magic | Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) | 1.03 | 1.07 |
The PB harvest
18 set · 4 still standing- Yang Jiao (焦阳) — Magic single 1.21: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
- Yixuan Ye (叶逸轩) — 3×3 single 25.10: into the top 52.8% of the event's history.
- Qiao Wang (王巧) — 3×3 single 28.71: into the top 60.2% of the event's history.
- Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 3×3 blindfolded single 4:00.59: into the top 68.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
35 competitors · 119 results · 6 events.
Everyone who competed
35 competitors- Chengze Li (李承泽)
- Chenjie Gong (龚晨杰)
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Fanghao Yin (阴方昊)
- Guoqiang Wang (王国强)
- Haiping Chen (陈海平)
- Haowei Fan (樊浩玮)
- Heng Ma (马恒)
- Jialin Chen (陈佳琳)
- Jingzhou Jia (贾敬宙)
- Leixin Zhou (周磊欣)
- Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦)
- Mingsen Han (韩明森)
- Mo Ji (季默)
- Mulun Yin (阴目仑)
- Pengju Li (李鹏举)
- Qiao Wang (王巧)
- Ruoqing Wu (邬偌青)
- Wei Zhang (张炜)
- Wenkai Yuan (袁文凯)
- Xiaofei Zhang (张逍斐)
- Xinran Wang (王新然)
- Xudong Yan (闫煦东)
- Yan Jin (金岩)
- Yan Xia (夏焱)
- Yang Jiao (焦阳)
- Yanqi Gao (高延琦)
- Yefeng Hu (胡叶枫)
- Yixuan Ye (叶逸轩)
- Yongfeng Hou (侯永锋)
- Yuhui Xu (许宇辉)
- Zening Chen (陈泽宁)
- Zhizhe Liang (梁稚喆)
- Zhong Wang (王众)
- Ziyao Xu (徐梓耀)
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.