Competitions · China
Qinghai Open 2012
Xining, Qinghai Province · 19 August 2012 · 8 events · 30 competitors · 21 personal bests
Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mulun Yin (阴目仑) by 0.12 seconds. 30 competitors produced 21 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Yangyang Zhang (张阳阳) took a 4×4 single of 1:57.36 down to 1:11.87, 39 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 8.92 | 11.01 |
| 2×2 | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 3.93 | 4.48 |
| 4×4 | Bowen Deng (邓博文) | 50.38 | 53.73 |
| 5×5 | Bowen Deng (邓博文) | 1:29.08 | 1:39.25 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 17.38 | 20.14 |
| Clock | Yang Jiao (焦阳) | 11.82 | 17.33 |
| Pyraminx | Bowen Deng (邓博文) | 3.16 | 6.71 |
| Square-1 | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 21.78 | 31.97 |
The PB harvest
21 set · 6 still standing- Yangyang Zhang (张阳阳) — 3×3 single 14.51: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
- Kaiqiang Huang (黄凯强) — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
- Yangyang Zhang (张阳阳) — 2×2 single 5.67: into the top 47.3% of the event's history.
- Yan Song (宋岩) — Pyraminx single 9.33: into the top 47.6% of the event's history.
- Haihu Liu (刘海虎) — 3×3 single 23.01: into the top 48.0% of the event's history.
- Yangyang Zhang (张阳阳) — 4×4 single 1:11.87: into the top 48.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. 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
30 competitors · 87 results · 8 events.
Everyone who competed
30 competitors- Baoquan Zhang (张宝权)
- Bowen Deng (邓博文)
- Changjun Wu (吴长骏)
- Chen Kang (亢晨)
- Chenwei Li (李琛炜)
- Fangyuan Chang (常方圆)
- Haihu Liu (刘海虎)
- Hongbang Liu (刘宏邦)
- Hua Ding (丁华)
- Jack Pan (潘杰康)
- Jingkai Sun (孙靖凯)
- Jizhou Li (李继周)
- Junjie Li (李俊杰)
- Kaichen Li (李晨恺)
- Kaiqiang Huang (黄凯强)
- Lei Zhang (张磊)
- Mulun Yin (阴目仑)
- Shuo Tian (田朔)
- Xiang He (何翔)
- Xiang Ji (姬翔)
- Xin Guan (关欣)
- Xinge Wang (王莘阁)
- Xuetian Guo (郭雪恬)
- Yan Song (宋岩)
- Yan Zheng (郑彦)
- Yang Jiao (焦阳)
- Yangyang Zhang (张阳阳)
- Ye Li (李烨)
- Yu Li (李瑜)
- Zijian Shi (史子鉴)
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.