Competitions · China

Nanjing Open 2009

Nanjing · 6 December 2009 · 9 events · 94 competitors · 50 personal bests

Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓) won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Qiang Yue (岳强) by 0.15 seconds. 94 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 58 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Peng Zhang (张鹏) took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:12.88 down to 30.13, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓) — 3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves

0.15s

closest final — Magic, Qiang Yue (岳强) over Qijue Huang (黄启觉)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓)	10.94	11.89
2×2	Linji Xue (薛林继)	5.77	6.11
4×4	Xiaobo Jin (金晓波)	52.55	1:02.45
5×5	Lee Poon Kit (李本杰)	1:39.58	1:47.34
3×3 blindfolded	Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕)	1:06.41	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓)	42 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Jin Yang (杨晋)	19.99	27.28
Square-1	Ming Zheng (郑鸣)	14.93	20.44
Magic	Qiang Yue (岳强)	1.30	1.37

The PB harvest

50 set · 22 still standing

Xiaoping Liu (刘晓平) — Magic single 0.93: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Yiqun Yang (杨屹群) — Magic single 1.13: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Wenliang Cai (蔡文亮) — 3×3 single 12.18: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Jin Huang (黄金) — 3×3 single 13.50: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Peng Zhang (张鹏) — 3×3 single 14.72: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Hanzhang Qi — 3×3 single 15.77: into the top 27.0% of the event's history.
Qijue Huang (黄启觉) — Magic single 1.44: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.
Yiqun Yang (杨屹群) — 3×3 single 16.40: into the top 29.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

58 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

94 competitors · 294 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

94 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.