Competitions · India

Bangalore Championship 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 23 December 2023 · 13 events · 107 competitors · 149 personal bests

Naren Ramesh won three of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Naren Ramesh by 0.01 seconds. 107 competitors produced 149 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vian Kalra took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:51.66 down to 38.60, 65 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Naren Ramesh — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Naren Ramesh over Harsha Paladugu

149

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Naren Ramesh	7.14	8.03
2×2	Naren Ramesh	1.88	2.55
4×4	Faisal Aziz Mehboob	29.88	34.89
5×5	Mikul Chanakya	1:00.21	1:08.28
6×6	Mikul Chanakya	1:51.15	1:53.39
7×7	Mikul Chanakya	2:41.67	2:50.15
3×3 blindfolded	Greehith Annabathina	55.99	1:00.83
3×3 one-handed	Faisal Aziz Mehboob	11.04	13.98
Clock	Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa	7.07	8.07
Megaminx	Faisal Aziz Mehboob	42.79	44.31
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	1.92	2.85
Skewb	Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa	4.84	5.63
Square-1	Rishikesh Kanakatte Muralimohan	12.85	17.18

The PB harvest

149 set · 49 still standing

Ganesh Matta — 4×4 single 31.76: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ganesh Matta — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Aarav Shankar — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Raghav Chandra Naveen — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Siddarth Venkata Karri — 3×3 single 9.48: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Poorab Pothuri — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Sudhanva Kashyap — 3×3 single 10.09: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Krishanth Thangarathan — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

107 competitors · 734 results · 13 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. Naren Ramesh won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.