Competitions · India

Bangalore Open 2018

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 20 October 2018 · 9 events · 93 competitors · 119 personal bests

Nitin Nathan won three of the nine events (4×4, Skewb, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Naren Ramesh by 0.26 seconds. 93 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arjun Vidhyashankar took a 2×2 single of 43.40 down to 8.11, 81 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Nitin Nathan — 4×4, Skewb, 3×3 with feet

0.26s

closest final — 2×2, Naren Ramesh over Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sripad Sarma Katrapati	9.14	9.63
2×2	Naren Ramesh	2.40	2.82
4×4	Nitin Nathan	33.85	40.91
3×3 blindfolded	Aniketh Arya	1:22.02	1:43.95
3×3 one-handed	Sripad Sarma Katrapati	11.30	12.14
Clock	Shlok Mongia	8.12	9.06
Pyraminx	Rithvik Ganesh	3.14	3.74
Skewb	Nitin Nathan	2.92	4.48
3×3 with feet	Nitin Nathan	44.84	51.20

The PB harvest

119 set · 46 still standing

Naman Jain — Skewb single 2.38: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Rithvik Ganesh — Skewb single 2.74: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Siddharth Ravishankar — Pyraminx single 3.49: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj — Skewb single 3.73: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Pranav Aithal — 3×3 one-handed single 15.76: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Amog Rao — 3×3 single 11.16: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Chinmay Sriram — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

93 competitors · 471 results · 9 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. Sripad Sarma Katrapati won it with a 9.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.