Competitions · India

Amrita Cube Open 2020

Kollam, Kerala · 1 February 2020 · 6 events · 60 competitors · 31 personal bests

Bhargav Narasimhan won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Adwaith Nambiar by 0.06 seconds. 60 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kevin Joseph took a 2×2 single of 13.86 down to 5.25, 62 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Bhargav Narasimhan — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Adwaith Nambiar over Bhargav Narasimhan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bhargav Narasimhan	8.08	9.29
2×2	Adwaith Nambiar	2.50	3.18
4×4	Bhargav Narasimhan	35.42	39.99
3×3 blindfolded	Daniel James	4:13.37	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	10.13	11.55
Pyraminx	Etta Jaswanth Akhil	4.69	5.45

The PB harvest

31 set · 11 still standing

Adwaith Nambiar — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Adwaith Nambiar — 4×4 single 35.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Kevin Joseph — Pyraminx single 4.56: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Ramanathan Venkatachalam — 4×4 single 46.86: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Kevin Joseph — 3×3 single 22.10: into the top 45.7% of the event's history.
Francis Jestus — Pyraminx single 9.79: into the top 51.4% of the event's history.
Amal Aby Joseph — 2×2 single 6.21: into the top 53.0% of the event's history.
Devnandan Aneesh — 3×3 single 27.57: into the top 58.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

60 competitors · 167 results · 6 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Bhargav Narasimhan won it with a 9.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1L2 D L2 U2 R2 U' B2 R2 B2 U F2 R F2 D B' L F2 U2 L' U' R'
2F2 D2 R' D2 L2 D2 F2 R' F2 U2 F L' B R' D F L2 U L'
3D F' D B2 R2 D' L' F R2 U' R U' L2 D2 F2 D R2 D2 R2
4R' F2 B' U2 D2 L2 D F D' B2 L' D' R2 F2 U' F2 B2 U' D' F2
5U' R' F D' B2 U L F2 U2 D' R' F L2 B' R2 L2 F L2 B'

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.