Competitions · China

Guangdong Open 2008

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province · 1 October 2008 · 10 events · 149 competitors · 79 personal bests

Timothy Sun won four of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Zhulu Ke (柯助錄) by 0.04 seconds. 149 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 109 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Joshua Shing Shun Li set the 2×2 single continental record: 4.28.

Four wins

Timothy Sun — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.04s

closest final — Magic, Zhulu Ke (柯助錄) over Lee Chun Hin (李震軒)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓)	10.72	12.74
2×2	Timothy Sun	3.58	4.67
4×4	Timothy Sun	58.11	1:01.81
5×5	Timothy Sun	1:33.69	1:41.07
3×3 blindfolded	Danyang Chen (陈丹阳)	1:06.75	1:21.08
3×3 one-handed	Joshua Shing Shun Li	22.08	23.77
Megaminx	Timothy Sun	2:06.30	2:09.64
Square-1	Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟)	20.81	23.14
Magic	Zhulu Ke (柯助錄)	1.09	1.15
Master Magic	Lo Chun Lok (盧雋樂)	2.90	3.21

The PB harvest

79 set · 18 still standing

Chan Chun Hang (陳浚鏗) — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Pascal So (蘇柏熙) — Magic single 1.15: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Lam Tan Na (林丹娜) — Magic single 1.22: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Lee Chun Hin (李震軒) — Master Magic single 2.97: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Zhulu Ke (柯助錄) — 3×3 single 13.03: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Leung Yu Ching (梁宇正) — Magic single 1.40: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
Pascal So (蘇柏熙) — Master Magic single 3.27: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
Chuangbin Zheng (郑创斌) — 3×3 single 17.15: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

109 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

46 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

149 competitors · 380 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

149 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.