Competitions · India

Caarn Ahmedabad Cube Open 2018

Ahmedabad, Gujarat · 25 August 2018 · 7 events · 112 competitors · 66 personal bests

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) won three of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Shresth Shah by 0.06 seconds. 112 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nandish Champaneria took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:24.04 down to 31.64, 62 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet

0.06s

closest final — Pyraminx, Shresth Shah over Siddhartha Modi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	10.72	11.88
2×2	Soami Kapadia	3.31	3.89
4×4	Manan Patel	39.45	44.59
3×3 one-handed	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	17.72	19.10
Pyraminx	Shresth Shah	3.43	6.04
Skewb	Mohit Pomal	7.02	7.98
3×3 with feet	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	1:55.09	2:07.33

The PB harvest

66 set · 29 still standing

Rudraan Shah — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Soami Kapadia — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Piyush Sahu — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Piyush Sahu — 3×3 single 11.49: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Manan Patel — 3×3 one-handed single 17.59: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Nandish Champaneria — 3×3 single 12.35: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Vedant Patel — 2×2 single 3.75: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
Rudraan Shah — Skewb single 5.93: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 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

112 competitors · 408 results · 7 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. Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) won it with a 11.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.