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Competitions · India

Bengal Cube Open 2022

Howrah, West Bengal · 19 November 2022 · 12 events · 92 competitors · 55 personal bests

Kunal Oak won six of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Shriansh Deb by 0.09 seconds. 92 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 63 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kunal Oak set the 5×5 average national record: 53.46.

Six wins
Kunal Oak — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Square-1
0.09s
closest final — 2×2, Shriansh Deb over Kunal Oak
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kunal Oak8.619.80
2×2Shriansh Deb1.903.34
4×4Kunal Oak29.3634.43
5×5Kunal Oak51.7553.46
6×6Kunal Oak1:39.231:41.81
7×7Kunal Oak2:28.242:39.50
3×3 blindfoldedJoyneel S. Bepari2:24.812:42.52
3×3 one-handedRibin Abraham14.0216.73
ClockSpondon Nath10.4413.18
PyraminxAyush Patnaik4.505.61
SkewbRibin Abraham4.066.35
Square-1Kunal Oak23.6327.00

The PB harvest

55 set · 21 still standing
  • Kunal Oak — 3×3 one-handed single 10.83: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Spondon Nath — 3×3 single 7.64: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Piyush Passi — 6×6 single 1:52.94: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Ayush Patnaik — Skewb single 3.62: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Dhruv Rana — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Abhrajit Roy Choudhury — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
  • Nilarghya Goswami — 2×2 single 4.23: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
  • Kumudesh Ghosh — 3×3 single 16.89: into the top 30.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

63 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

92 competitors · 385 results · 12 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. Kunal Oak won it with a 9.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.