Competitions · China

Qingming Festival Open 2009

Shanghai · 6 April 2009 · 9 events · 63 competitors · 47 personal bests

Timothy Sun won four of the nine events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Che-Ting Chu (朱哲廷) by 0.39 seconds. 63 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Danyang Chen (陈丹阳) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single continental record: 5 of 6 cubes · 37:00.

Four wins

Timothy Sun — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5 blindfolded, Magic

0.39s

closest final — 3×3, Che-Ting Chu (朱哲廷) over Timothy Sun

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Che-Ting Chu (朱哲廷)	10.96	12.42
2×2	Timothy Sun	3.13	3.90
4×4	Timothy Sun	47.38	51.54
5×5	Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)	1:27.88	1:36.98
3×3 blindfolded	Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)	2:22.71	—
3×3 one-handed	Che-Ting Chu (朱哲廷)	21.69	26.07
5×5 blindfolded	Timothy Sun	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Danyang Chen (陈丹阳)	5 of 6 cubes · 37:00	—
Magic	Timothy Sun	1.00	1.16

The PB harvest

47 set · 15 still standing

Timothy Sun — Magic single 1.00: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Zhuanghui Zhu (朱壮晖) — Magic single 1.46: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
Renyi Jiang (蒋任伊) — 3×3 one-handed single 24.08: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.
Jingkang Zhou — 3×3 single 17.46: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
Renyi Jiang (蒋任伊) — 3×3 single 18.44: into the top 35.5% of the event's history.
Jianzhao Zhu (朱见昭) — 3×3 single 19.94: into the top 39.8% of the event's history.
Danyang Chen (陈丹阳) — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 5 of 6 cubes · 37:00: into the top 44.9% of the event's history.
Qinrong Yang (杨勤荣) — 3×3 single 23.50: into the top 49.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 152 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

63 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.