Competitions · India

APJ BLD Open 2015

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 31 October 2015 · 10 events · 86 competitors · 73 personal bests

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) won five of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aditya Hari by 0.09 seconds. 86 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 6:09.33.

Five wins

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Aditya Hari over Ganesh Matta

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	11.21	12.17
2×2	Aditya Hari	3.49	4.62
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	48.47	—
3×3 one-handed	Aditya Hari	15.79	20.04
Pyraminx	Rupak Mazumdar	7.27	8.10
Skewb	Shlok Mongia	5.98	6.35
4×4 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	3:18.59	—
5×5 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	6:09.33	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	10 of 13 cubes · 40:02	—
3×3 with feet	Rahul Singh	54.17	1:10.34

The PB harvest

73 set · 24 still standing

Arvind Raju — 3×3 single 10.16: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Arvind Raju — 3×3 one-handed single 16.00: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Mathew Jeba Seelan — 3×3 single 11.46: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Sachin Krishna Rao — 3×3 single 11.88: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Rahul Singh — 3×3 with feet single 54.17: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Varun Menon — Pyraminx single 5.78: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Harshith Iyer — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Mohsin Ahmed — 3×3 single 14.10: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 360 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

86 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.