Competitions · India

Akash Open 2015

Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · 27 June 2015 · 12 events · 97 competitors · 172 personal bests

Akash Rupela won three of the twelve events (3×3, 5×5, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Abhi Gawande by 0.04 seconds. 97 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shivam Bansal set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 18 of 20 cubes · 56:20.

Three wins

Akash Rupela — 3×3, 5×5, Square-1

0.04s

closest final — Pyraminx, Abhi Gawande over Shivam Bansal

172

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Akash Rupela	9.01	11.06
2×2	Abhay Agarwal	2.91	3.41
4×4	Bhargav Narasimhan	46.16	50.46
5×5	Akash Rupela	1:17.45	1:29.65
3×3 blindfolded	Shivam Bansal	46.03	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Shivam Bansal	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	13.20	14.16
Pyraminx	Abhi Gawande	4.42	5.69
Skewb	Arnav Wagh	3.83	6.53
Square-1	Akash Rupela	19.15	21.75
3×3 Multi-Blind	Shivam Bansal	18 of 20 cubes · 56:20	—
3×3 with feet	Adithyaa Anand	39.38	54.04

The PB harvest

172 set · 58 still standing

Bhargav Narasimhan — Skewb single 2.89: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Prakhar Gupta — Pyraminx single 4.26: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Arnav Wagh — Skewb single 3.83: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Rohan Dutta — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Lakshay Modi — Pyraminx single 4.54: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Kaustubh Varshney — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Hemang Sarkar — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Niten Mukesh — 3×3 single 12.07: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 596 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

97 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.