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Competitions · China

Taiyuan 2011

Taiyuan, Shanxi Province · 21 May 2011 · 9 events · 54 competitors · 57 personal bests

Xiaobo Jin (金晓波) won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) by 0.32 seconds. 54 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) set the Magic average world record: 0.79.

Three wins
Xiaobo Jin (金晓波) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.32s
closest final — 2×2, Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) over Dingwu Hu (胡丁武)
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Xiaobo Jin (金晓波)11.2711.56
2×2Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩)3.443.87
4×4Xiaobo Jin (金晓波)50.1555.88
5×5Xiaobo Jin (金晓波)1:39.551:49.18
7×7Zesong Yuan (苑泽松)5:42.405:55.77
3×3 one-handedZheng Li (李政)19.7821.27
Square-1Ming Zheng (郑鸣)16.6622.94
MagicYuxuan Wang (王宇轩)0.770.79
Master MagicYuxuan Wang (王宇轩)1.772.15

The PB harvest

57 set · 21 still standing

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

54 competitors · 245 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

54 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.