Competitions · India

Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 18 February 2017 · 12 events · 119 competitors · 102 personal bests

Bhargav Narasimhan won three of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Hari Anirudh by 0.23 seconds. 119 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anish Rajesh set the 6×6 single national record: 1:47.99.

Three wins

Bhargav Narasimhan — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.23s

closest final — Pyraminx, Hari Anirudh over Arun Kannan

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bhargav Narasimhan	7.86	9.08
2×2	Anish Rajesh	2.38	3.24
5×5	Anish Rajesh	59.11	1:02.32
6×6	Anish Rajesh	1:47.99	2:23.44
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	37.88	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Vijay Kishore	36 moves	38.67
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	12.35	13.61
Clock	Deepshika Narasimhan	10.56	12.06
Megaminx	Bhargav Narasimhan	57.73	1:01.18
Pyraminx	Hari Anirudh	4.02	5.17
5×5 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	9:14.79	—
3×3 with feet	Lakshimi Rajaram	43.35	51.56

The PB harvest

102 set · 23 still standing

Arjun Paranthaman — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Sanjay Subramanian — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Sandeep Rajaram — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Anish Rajesh — Megaminx single 1:04.76: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Saket Vasudevan — 3×3 single 11.62: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Adithyaa Anand — Megaminx single 1:13.63: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Saket Vasudevan — 2×2 single 3.53: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Rahul Jayaraman Seenivasan — 3×3 single 15.56: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

119 competitors · 504 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

119 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.