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Competitions · India

Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 10 February 2018 · 11 events · 90 competitors · 96 personal bests

Saravanan Gowthaman won three of the eleven events (5×5, Clock, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nitin Nathan by 0.13 seconds. 90 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adithyaa Anand set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 33.06.

Three wins
Saravanan Gowthaman — 5×5, Clock, Skewb
0.13s
closest final — 2×2, Nitin Nathan over Darun Jayavel
96
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vijay Kishore8.168.80
2×2Nitin Nathan2.863.86
4×4Nitin Nathan37.0042.37
5×5Saravanan Gowthaman1:15.241:20.97
3×3 blindfoldedRaghuraman Rajagopalan3:00.35—
3×3 Fewest MovesPranav Prabhu30 moves35.33
3×3 one-handedSripad Sarma Katrapati11.4014.50
ClockSaravanan Gowthaman5.448.17
MegaminxHari Anirudh1:09.871:15.52
SkewbSaravanan Gowthaman5.075.79
3×3 with feetAdithyaa Anand33.0638.75

The PB harvest

96 set · 34 still standing
  • Vijay Kishore — 3×3 one-handed single 12.23: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Abdur Rahman — 3×3 single 10.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Rahul Chandrasekar — 3×3 one-handed single 16.23: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Laxman Saran — 3×3 single 11.13: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Suseendran Ramakrishnan — Megaminx single 1:07.05: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
  • Sripad Sarma Katrapati — Megaminx single 1:08.66: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
  • Laxman Saran — Megaminx single 1:09.95: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Shreevatsh Rajkumar — 2×2 single 3.28: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 434 results · 11 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. Vijay Kishore won it with a 8.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.