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Xining Summer Open 2011

Xining · 6 August 2011 · 8 events · 40 competitors · 18 personal bests

Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Yichen Shen (申翊辰) by 0.01 seconds. 40 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) took a Square-1 single of 47.08 down to 27.80, 41 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — Magic, Yichen Shen (申翊辰) over Yangyang Zhang (张阳阳)
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Pengju Li (李鹏举)12.1913.71
2×2Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)3.304.39
4×4Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)56.651:00.78
5×5Pengju Li (李鹏举)1:48.581:54.51
3×3 one-handedZhiyang Chen (陈至扬)24.3627.18
Square-1Jinyang Zhou (周锦阳)23.6136.05
MagicYichen Shen (申翊辰)1.281.39
Master MagicYan Song (宋岩)3.223.35

The PB harvest

18 set · 3 still standing
  • Yan Song (宋岩) — 3×3 single 15.96: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.
  • Yan Song (宋岩) — 3×3 one-handed single 31.00: into the top 48.9% of the event's history.
  • Yan Zheng (郑彦) — Magic single 1.90: into the top 60.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

40 competitors · 149 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

40 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.