Competitions · China

Guangdong Open 2009

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province · 1 October 2009 · 16 events · 162 competitors · 154 personal bests

Haixu Zhang (张海旭) won three of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Kevin Chau Ka Wai (周嘉偉) by 0.06 seconds. 162 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 70 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yuhui Xu (许宇辉) set the 3×3 blindfolded average world record: 49.35.

Three wins

Haixu Zhang (张海旭) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.06s

closest final — Magic, Kevin Chau Ka Wai (周嘉偉) over Lee Chun Hin (李震軒)

154

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Haixu Zhang (张海旭)	10.11	11.83
2×2	Zuqi Chen (陈祖祺)	3.22	3.92
4×4	Haixu Zhang (张海旭)	43.18	44.91
5×5	Haixu Zhang (张海旭)	1:16.08	1:20.75
6×6	Hui Hing Ho (許鑫豪)	3:03.77	3:20.51
7×7	Hui Hing Ho (許鑫豪)	4:36.76	4:41.72
3×3 blindfolded	Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕)	43.44	—
3×3 one-handed	Lee Chun Hin (李震軒)	18.90	22.87
Megaminx	Pascal So (蘇柏熙)	1:18.58	1:25.04
Pyraminx	Pascal So (蘇柏熙)	6.90	8.42
Square-1	Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟)	13.61	14.83
4×4 blindfolded	Luchen Zhang (张录辰)	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Luchen Zhang (张录辰)	4 of 5 cubes · 41:00	—
3×3 with feet	Pascal So (蘇柏熙)	3:05.55	—
Magic	Kevin Chau Ka Wai (周嘉偉)	0.90	0.92
Master Magic	Chan Chun Hang (陳浚鏗)	2.56	2.78

The PB harvest

154 set · 71 still standing

Chan Tak Chuen (陳德泉) — Magic single 0.96: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Pascal So (蘇柏熙) — 3×3 single 9.75: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Chan Chun Hang (陳浚鏗) — Magic single 1.11: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Chan Chun Hang (陳浚鏗) — Master Magic single 2.56: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Bingfeng Wu (吴炳峰) — Master Magic single 2.58: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Shixin Chen (陈诗新) — Magic single 1.15: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Yun Zheng (郑允) — Magic single 1.22: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Lee Chun Hin (李震軒) — 3×3 single 11.81: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

70 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

31 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

162 competitors · 732 results · 16 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.