Competitions · India

APJ BLD Open 2017

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 25 November 2017 · 9 events · 91 competitors · 82 personal bests

Rithvik Ganesh won three of the nine events (3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Naren Ramesh by 0.28 seconds. 91 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Abdul Majeed Kaamran took a 2×2 single of 28.82 down to 9.81, 66 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Rithvik Ganesh — 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.28s

closest final — 2×2, Naren Ramesh over Anudeep Turaga

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Revanth Sharma Kollegala	10.45	11.42
2×2	Naren Ramesh	2.05	3.35
3×3 blindfolded	Aniketh Arya	1:28.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Rithvik Ganesh	15.79	18.54
Clock	Shlok Mongia	7.99	11.45
Pyraminx	Rithvik Ganesh	1.91	4.39
Skewb	Rithvik Ganesh	5.73	6.44
4×4 blindfolded	Arjun Shetty	18:34.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yash Mehta	6 of 6 cubes · 36:39	—

The PB harvest

82 set · 19 still standing

Rithvik Ganesh — Pyraminx single 1.91: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Revanth Sharma Kollegala — 3×3 single 10.21: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Aniruda Suswaram — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Surya Vamshi — 3×3 single 13.79: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Sandesh Patil — 3×3 single 13.98: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Arjun Shetty — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:29.73: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
Nitesh Jha — 2×2 single 4.52: into the top 33.2% of the event's history.
Sampreeth Immidisetty — 3×3 single 18.32: into the top 35.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

91 competitors · 345 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

91 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.