Competitions · China

Nanjing Open 2008

Nanjing · 14 December 2008 · 7 events · 64 competitors · 31 personal bests

Timothy Sun won five of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Timothy Sun by 0.30 seconds. 64 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕) set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 1:01.78.

Five wins

Timothy Sun — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Magic

0.30s

closest final — Magic, Timothy Sun over Lalei Yu (余拉雷)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓)	11.81	13.86
2×2	Timothy Sun	2.00	4.50
4×4	Timothy Sun	53.55	57.69
5×5	Timothy Sun	1:31.90	1:37.82
3×3 blindfolded	Yuhui Xu (许宇辉)	2:01.52	—
3×3 one-handed	Timothy Sun	23.41	27.47
Magic	Timothy Sun	1.30	1.49

The PB harvest

31 set · 12 still standing

Danyang Chen (陈丹阳) — 3×3 single 13.93: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
Yuhui Xu (许宇辉) — 3×3 single 15.66: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
Lalei Yu (余拉雷) — Magic single 1.52: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.
Lalei Yu (余拉雷) — 3×3 single 20.28: into the top 40.7% of the event's history.
Peng Li (李鹏) — 3×3 single 21.71: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
Yiting Yu (余益婷) — 2×2 single 5.81: into the top 48.8% of the event's history.
Yiting Yu (余益婷) — 3×3 single 25.77: into the top 54.3% of the event's history.
Yiting Yu (余益婷) — Magic single 1.97: into the top 64.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 203 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

64 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.