Competitions · United States
Houston Open 2009
Richmond, Texas · 1 August 2009 · 9 events · 25 competitors · 22 personal bests
Anthony Brooks won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Anthony Brooks by 0.20 seconds. 25 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Anthony Brooks | 13.80 | 14.83 |
| 2×2 | Anthony Brooks | 5.02 | 5.32 |
| 4×4 | Weston Mizumoto | 1:11.05 | 1:16.58 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Anthony Brooks | 2:12.36 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Anthony Brooks | 26.22 | 29.68 |
| Pyraminx | Anthony Brooks | 7.97 | 12.18 |
| Square-1 | Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫) | 17.59 | 21.32 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Anthony Brooks | — | — |
| Magic | Weston Mizumoto | 1.59 | 2.00 |
The PB harvest
22 set · 5 still standing- Sapan Upadhyay — 3×3 single 16.31: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
- Austin deBruyn — 3×3 single 16.90: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.
- Kevin Strehl — 3×3 single 27.13: into the top 57.1% of the event's history.
- Radly Peralta — 2×2 single 6.65: into the top 57.4% of the event's history.
- Austin deBruyn — Square-1 single 43.41: into the top 69.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eight 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
4 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
25 competitors · 105 results · 9 events.
Everyone who competed
25 competitors- Aditya Dargan
- Angus Niziol
- Anthony Brooks
- Austin deBruyn
- Carlos Silva
- Casey Tharpe
- Clayton Warner
- Ian Skinner
- Isaac Lawrence
- Jakob Giraud
- Jeffrey Taliaferro
- John Godwin
- Joshua Lambert
- Kevin Strehl
- Kevin Wong
- Nihal Dhamani
- Parth Upadhyay
- Radly Peralta
- Sapan Upadhyay
- Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫)
- Tanner Frisby
- Travis Torp
- Weston Mizumoto
- Will Klimko
- William Boards
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.