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Competitions · India

Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 2 March 2019 · 18 events · 109 competitors · 135 personal bests

Anish Rajesh won five of the 18 events (2×2, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Vijay Kishore by 0.06 seconds. 109 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mohammed Aiman Koli set the 3×3 with feet average continental record: 26.65.

Five wins
Anish Rajesh — 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Skewb
0.06s
closest final — 3×3, Vijay Kishore over Anish Rajesh
135
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vijay Kishore8.048.82
2×2Anish Rajesh1.552.17
4×4Saravanan Gowthaman30.1534.91
5×5Anish Rajesh49.8154.97
6×6Anish Rajesh1:50.101:53.59
7×7Anish Rajesh2:36.772:45.26
3×3 blindfoldedHari Anirudh26.47—
3×3 Fewest MovesPranav Prabhu28 moves—
3×3 one-handedSripad Sarma Katrapati11.5614.12
ClockSaravanan Gowthaman5.045.85
MegaminxPranav Prabhu1:04.451:10.60
PyraminxMohammed Aiman Koli2.283.48
SkewbAnish Rajesh3.864.47
Square-1Kunaal Parekh14.7015.51
4×4 blindfoldedMohammed Aiman Koli4:19.54—
5×5 blindfoldedMohammed Aiman Koli16:20.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindMohammed Aiman Koli20 of 22 cubes · 1:00:00—
3×3 with feetMohammed Aiman Koli24.1128.18

The PB harvest

135 set · 56 still standing
  • Saravanan Gowthaman — 4×4 single 30.15: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Saravanan Gowthaman — 5×5 single 57.50: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Shobhan Karthish — Pyraminx single 3.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Kishore Kumar — 3×3 one-handed single 14.90: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Emmanuel Rajapandian — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Rahul Priyadarshan — 3×3 single 10.39: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Akshay Keswani — 3×3 single 10.52: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Lalith Sashank — Skewb single 4.05: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 553 results · 18 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 8.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.