Competitions · India

Anand Cube Open 2023

Anand, Gujarat · 18 June 2023 · 5 events · 71 competitors · 59 personal bests

Yug Patel (युग पटेल) won the 3×3 with a 8.21 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Kushal Jadav by 0.40 seconds. 71 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aaryan Shah took a 4×4 single of 1:48.17 down to 41.91, 61 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.40s

closest final — Skewb, Kushal Jadav over Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yug Patel (युग पटेल)	7.49	8.21
2×2	Harsh Chelani (हर्ष चेलानी)	1.61	2.24
4×4	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	37.44	41.56
Pyraminx	Shivansh Chunduru	3.05	3.64
Skewb	Kushal Jadav	4.36	7.18

The PB harvest

59 set · 13 still standing

Kushal Jadav — Pyraminx single 3.57: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Nitya Koyani — 3×3 single 13.57: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Rishit Soni — Pyraminx single 6.47: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
Aditya Mishra — 2×2 single 3.90: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
Shiv Parimalkumar Patel — Pyraminx single 6.83: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Rishit Soni — 3×3 single 16.25: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.
Rishit Soni — 2×2 single 4.21: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.
Raghav Subramanian — 3×3 single 21.13: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

71 competitors · 284 results · 5 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. Yug Patel (युग पटेल) won it with a 8.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.