Competitions · India

Bengaluru Winter Open 2018

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 1 December 2018 · 10 events · 131 competitors · 118 personal bests

Aniketh Arya won four of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa by 0.41 seconds. 131 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 80 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kalyani H. Kiran took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:55.44 down to 47.96, 58 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Aniketh Arya — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx

0.41s

closest final — Skewb, Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa over Matteo Dummar

118

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Pratham Waghmare	10.32	10.71
2×2	Naren Ramesh	2.23	2.95
4×4	Aniketh Arya	41.93	45.23
5×5	Aniketh Arya	1:14.20	1:25.95
3×3 blindfolded	Aniketh Arya	1:09.02	—
3×3 one-handed	Sujai Shakthivel	15.77	17.54
Clock	Matteo Dummar	9.83	11.48
Megaminx	Aniketh Arya	1:04.66	1:08.37
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	3.61	4.33
Skewb	Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa	3.35	5.41

The PB harvest

118 set · 38 still standing

Vaishnav Nitesh — Skewb single 2.82: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Siddhi Venkatesh — Pyraminx single 3.69: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Vivek Gadicherla — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Tarun D. Karthik — 4×4 single 38.77: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Aditya Harish Gudi — Skewb single 4.11: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Vivek Kumar — Skewb single 4.64: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Tejas Ganesh Iyer — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Shreesha Kiran — 2×2 single 3.66: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

80 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

131 competitors · 570 results · 10 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. Pratham Waghmare won it with a 10.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

131 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.