Xi'an Open 2009

[Mike Hughey]

Results are up.

Haiyan Zhuang got 2 of 3 in the official BLD solves, giving him 5 of the top 10 successful 3x3x3 BLD competition solves ever. Very impressive.

And in the regular 3x3x3 round, he did one in 47.25 seconds, just 0.03 seconds off his WR time.

As usual, Tim cleaned up in all the other events he entered.

 

[fanwuq]

Very nice results and many competitors!
I will try to make it to Xi'an 2010 next year.

 

[Kian]

As usual, Tim cleaned up in all the other events he entered.

You're not kidding. Check out the 5x5 results.

 

[danjon]

Very nice results and many competitors!
I will try to make it to Xi'an 2010 next year.

Hi,Wuqiong Fan.I am Danyang Chen.Where's you hometown,is it Xi'an?When could you participate a competition in China?Waiting for you

 

[danjon]

The most important thing in Xi'an Open was Xinxian Li's WR of oldest Rubik's cube solver.Old soldiers never die!

 

[fanwuq]

Very nice results and many competitors!
I will try to make it to Xi'an 2010 next year.

Hi,Wuqiong Fan.I am Danyang Chen.Where's you hometown,is it Xi'an?When could you participate a competition in China?Waiting for you

My hometown is Xi'an and I will be back there next summer. I look forward to meeting you.

Edit:

How old was Xinxian Li? I'm trying to get my grandparents to learn to cube. I probably should have told them to attend the competition just to watch.

 

[Mike Hughey]

The most important thing in Xi'an Open was Xinxian Li's WR of oldest Rubik's cube solver.Old soldiers never die!

Wow - 88 years old! Very nice!

 

[Bryan]

As usual, Tim cleaned up in all the other events he entered.

But I will have to give a thumbs up to the organizers who don't turn the competition into a closed competition even though a foreigner does very good.

 

[danjon]

Actually there is another 97 years old player in Beijing,he lives in rest-home now.But I think he should not partcipate a competition,it may harm his health.

 

[fanwuq]

As usual, Tim cleaned up in all the other events he entered.

But I will have to give a thumbs up to the organizers who don't turn the competition into a closed competition even though a foreigner does very good.

Would you call Tim a foreigner? Isn't he Chinese American? Which competitions were closed?

Maybe the 97 year old can get an official solve out of competition somehow?

 

[patrick]

Xi'an is one of the greatest city in China, which is famous for its terra-cotta warriors

My personal report for xi'an open 2009.
http://i.yoho.cn/cube/logview/1529308.html

 

[danjon]

As usual, Tim cleaned up in all the other events he entered.

But I will have to give a thumbs up to the organizers who don't turn the competition into a closed competition even though a foreigner does very good.

It's funny.What should we do,ask him don't participate competitions in China just because we couldn't beat him?
Tim is our friend.Xi'an Open is his last competition in China before he goes back to USA and begins his college career.We also gave him a gift last Sunday.

 

[masterofthebass]

We also gave him a gift last Sunday.

Yeah, I want that pack of Mini DSs as well

 

[DavidWoner]

As usual, Tim cleaned up in all the other events he entered.

But I will have to give a thumbs up to the organizers who don't turn the competition into a closed competition even though a foreigner does very good.

Would you call Tim a foreigner? Isn't he Chinese American? Which competitions were closed?

Maybe the 97 year old can get an official solve out of competition somehow?

You could organize the Xi'an Rest-Home Open 2009 so he wouldn't have to go anywhere!

Mike: Not to seem picky with your statistics again, but he also has 3 out of the top 4 fastest solves, which is also a feat worth mention

And if we could count his solves from regular 3x3 he would have the top six best times

 

[Dene]

Darn you finally getting a good Sq1 average SK!

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

We also gave him a gift last Sunday.

Yeah, I want that pack of Mini DSs as well

That's not the gift. It was this banner that said something along the lines of "good luck, and hope you come back soon" with signatures from cubers at the competition.

Would you call Tim a foreigner? Isn't he Chinese American? Which competitions were closed?

Foreigner if we go by nationality, not heritage. I believe Bryan was trying to say that the organizers don't make competitions closed for the specific purpose of letting Chinese nationals win.

I've noticed that fewer competitions are actually closed nowadays: even national championships are open, though foreigners technically don't win.

I didn't go to Shenyang/Duanwu because of graduation. I missed a chance to win FMC... oh well.

Darn you finally getting a good Sq1 average SK!

What's so good about it?

 

[fanwuq]

Oh, I have a question.
Did anyone find a place to buy decent cubes in Xi'an? I could only find cheap springless cubes for less than $1.

 

[danjon]

Oh, I have a question.
Did anyone find a place to buy decent cubes in Xi'an? I could only find cheap springless cubes for less than $1.

You could buy them from Shenjia Zhang's shop.

 

[fanwuq]

Oh, I have a question.
Did anyone find a place to buy decent cubes in Xi'an? I could only find cheap springless cubes for less than $1.

You could buy them from Shenjia Zhang's shop.

In Xi'an? What's the address?

 

[danjon]

Oh, I have a question.
Did anyone find a place to buy decent cubes in Xi'an? I could only find cheap springless cubes for less than $1.

You could buy them from Shenjia Zhang's shop.

In Xi'an? What's the address?

I don't know the address,please ask him.Do you have a qq number?He's number is 137516,and the email address is [email protected]