Competitions · Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Open 2009

Hong Kong · 18 July 2009 · 9 events · 102 competitors · 112 personal bests

Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์) won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yi Wei (危毅) by 0.09 seconds. 102 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 49 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕) set the 3×3 blindfolded single world record: 45.55.

Two wins

Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Yi Wei (危毅) over Pascal So (蘇柏熙)

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	9.86	12.50
2×2	Yi Wei (危毅)	3.44	5.20
4×4	Hui Hing Ho (許鑫豪)	51.06	53.72
5×5	So Chi Leung	1:28.33	1:36.29
3×3 blindfolded	Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕)	45.55	—
3×3 one-handed	Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	17.46	19.75
Square-1	Cheung Ka Lok	15.97	20.11
Magic	Tang Yiu Chun (鄧耀俊)	0.86	0.90
Master Magic	So Chi Leung	2.58	2.74

The PB harvest

112 set · 28 still standing

Lee Chun Hin (李震軒) — Magic single 0.90: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
So Chi Leung — Magic single 1.00: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Lee Jeremy Cheehym — Magic single 1.03: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Chan Tak Chuen (陳德泉) — Master Magic single 2.44: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Lo Chun Lok (盧雋樂) — Master Magic single 2.63: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Leung Ka Chun (梁嘉焌) — Magic single 1.21: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Ruitao Du (杜锐韬) — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Leung Ka Chun (梁嘉焌) — 2×2 single 3.63: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

49 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

34 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 478 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

102 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.