Competitions · India

Ban Parity Open 2017

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu · 8 April 2017 · 12 events · 73 competitors · 83 personal bests

Bhargav Narasimhan won five of the twelve events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bhargav Narasimhan by 0.50 seconds. 73 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aditya Anand Rao took a 3×3 one-handed single of 3:01.24 down to 34.97, 81 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Bhargav Narasimhan — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx

0.50s

closest final — 2×2, Bhargav Narasimhan over Faiyaz Ahamed Fazil

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rakesh M. Vaideeswaran	8.69	10.19
2×2	Bhargav Narasimhan	2.59	3.59
4×4	Bhargav Narasimhan	38.70	44.74
3×3 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	29.05	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	11.47	13.14
Clock	Bhargav Narasimhan	11.09	13.18
Megaminx	Bhargav Narasimhan	52.65	1:03.82
Pyraminx	Hari Anirudh	4.00	5.34
Square-1	Hari Anirudh	19.29	21.54
4×4 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	3:05.75	—
5×5 blindfolded	Karthikeyan Eswaran	27:55.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	16 of 20 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

83 set · 34 still standing

Abbinav Sankar Kailasam — 3×3 single 11.23: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Ritvik Raj — 3×3 one-handed single 16.93: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Ritvik Raj — 3×3 single 11.93: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Abiram Anbu — 3×3 single 12.27: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Girish Kumar Somasundaram — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Moanish C. S. Barathiar — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:11.96: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Abiram Anbu — 4×4 single 49.26: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Karthikeyan Eswaran — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:33.74: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

73 competitors · 372 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

73 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.