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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Taiwan Summer Open 2009

Kaohsiung · 22 August 2009 · 12 events · 53 competitors · 66 personal bests

Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群) won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Bing-Cong Chen (陳秉聰) by 0.01 seconds. 53 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群) set the 4×4 average world record: 43.43.

Five wins
Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群) — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, Megaminx, Square-1
0.01s
closest final — Magic, Bing-Cong Chen (陳秉聰) over Yang-Chun Lin
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群)10.4313.30
2×2Yi-Sa Chen (陳以撒)4.084.36
4×4Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群)40.4643.43
5×5Tzu-Chun Chou (周子群)1:12.611:22.52
6×6Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群)3:06.003:07.05
7×7Tzu-Chun Chou (周子群)4:13.134:19.83
3×3 blindfoldedTse-Kan Lin (林哲侃)46.22
3×3 Fewest MovesTse-Kan Lin (林哲侃)37 moves
3×3 one-handedYi-Sa Chen (陳以撒)18.5621.42
MegaminxHan-Cyun Chen (陳翰群)1:28.341:36.55
Square-1Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群)21.4628.68
MagicBing-Cong Chen (陳秉聰)1.501.74

The PB harvest

66 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

21 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 279 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

53 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.