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Competitions · India

Bengaluru Championship 2018

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 27 July 2018 · 18 events · 135 competitors · 158 personal bests

Arnav Arora won seven of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Aamir Saifee by 0.07 seconds. 135 competitors produced 158 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shivam Bansal set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 6:01.20.

Seven wins
Arnav Arora — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.07s
closest final — Square-1, Aamir Saifee over Arnav Arora
158
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arnav Arora7.638.95
2×2Arnav Arora1.401.76
4×4Arnav Arora26.2531.29
5×5Arnav Arora1:00.421:06.68
6×6Arnav Arora2:00.222:07.19
7×7Shivam Bansal3:11.793:23.55
3×3 blindfoldedSukant Koul30.72—
3×3 Fewest MovesSukant Koul28 moves—
3×3 one-handedArnav Arora12.0712.75
ClockShlok Mongia7.5410.09
MegaminxAkash Rupela58.851:05.15
PyraminxMohammed Aiman Koli2.673.96
SkewbArnav Arora2.914.14
Square-1Aamir Saifee18.0619.35
4×4 blindfoldedShivam Bansal3:20.84—
5×5 blindfoldedShivam Bansal6:01.20—
3×3 Multi-BlindShivam Bansal44 of 50 cubes · 1:00:00—
3×3 with feetMohammed Aiman Koli34.9040.09

The PB harvest

158 set · 43 still standing
  • Arnav Arora — 4×4 single 26.25: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Aniketh Arya — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 30 moves: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Viraat Sai — 3×3 single 12.50: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Jeffrey Sam Joseph — Megaminx single 1:10.09: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Samarth Vivek — Pyraminx single 5.69: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Parth Priyadarshi — Pyraminx single 5.70: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Jeffrey Sam Joseph — 4×4 single 46.76: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
  • Sai Dhanush — Pyraminx single 6.25: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

135 competitors · 778 results · 18 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. Arnav Arora won it with a 8.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

135 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.