Competitions · China

Xi'an Open 2009

Xi'an, Shaanxi Province · 28 June 2009 · 10 events · 90 competitors · 24 personal bests

Timothy Sun won seven of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Master Magic, won by Kai Liu (刘恺) by 0.05 seconds. 90 competitors produced 24 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 71 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kai Liu (刘恺) set the Magic single continental record: 0.91.

Seven wins

Timothy Sun — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.05s

closest final — Master Magic, Kai Liu (刘恺) over Xu Liu (刘旭)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Timothy Sun	12.41	13.32
2×2	Timothy Sun	1.96	4.40
4×4	Timothy Sun	46.86	52.77
5×5	Timothy Sun	1:31.58	1:42.65
3×3 blindfolded	Haiyan Zhuang (庄海燕)	51.88	—
3×3 one-handed	Timothy Sun	23.13	27.57
Pyraminx	Timothy Sun	7.06	10.36
Square-1	Timothy Sun	18.47	22.72
Magic	Kai Liu (刘恺)	0.91	1.03
Master Magic	Kai Liu (刘恺)	3.13	3.44

The PB harvest

24 set · 8 still standing

Qinghao Song (宋卿豪) — 3×3 single 15.41: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.
Yunlong Xu (许雲龙) — 3×3 single 17.25: into the top 31.8% of the event's history.
Qinghao Song (宋卿豪) — 3×3 one-handed single 26.96: into the top 39.3% of the event's history.
Jing Zhang (张璟) — 3×3 single 22.56: into the top 46.9% of the event's history.
Ziyi Zhang (张子易) — 3×3 single 23.81: into the top 49.9% of the event's history.
Fangyuan Chang (常方圆) — Square-1 single 31.58: into the top 52.4% of the event's history.
Ge Qu (曲歌) — Magic single 2.02: into the top 66.1% of the event's history.
Shihao Liu (刘世豪) — 3×3 single 47.38: into the top 84.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

71 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 233 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

90 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.