Competitions · India

Brain Studio Winter Open 2015

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 25 December 2015 · 12 events · 97 competitors · 145 personal bests

Anish Rajesh won six of the twelve events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sachin Arvind by 0.30 seconds. 97 competitors produced 145 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anish Rajesh set the 5×5 single national record: 1:01.52.

Six wins

Anish Rajesh — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Skewb

0.30s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sachin Arvind over Hari Anirudh

145

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Vijay Kishore	8.32	9.63
2×2	Anish Rajesh	2.23	3.35
4×4	Anish Rajesh	37.42	44.21
5×5	Anish Rajesh	1:04.88	1:09.45
6×6	Anish Rajesh	2:18.74	2:30.50
7×7	Anish Rajesh	3:41.88	3:58.59
3×3 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	39.72	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Hari Anirudh	35 moves	38.33
3×3 one-handed	Sripad Sarma Katrapati	16.37	18.12
Megaminx	Akula Sai Kumar	1:26.62	1:32.04
Pyraminx	Sachin Arvind	5.67	6.02
Skewb	Anish Rajesh	3.97	5.25

The PB harvest

145 set · 55 still standing

Sripad Sarma Katrapati — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Rupak Mazumdar — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Varun Menon — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Hari Anirudh — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Varun Menon — Skewb single 3.72: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Sachin Krishna Rao — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Rupak Mazumdar — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Skanda Kodunad — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 575 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

97 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.