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Competitions · Bangladesh

Chattogram Cube Open 2023

Chattogram · 22 September 2023 · 12 events · 91 competitors · 92 personal bests

Md Tafsirul Islam won three of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Hosen Mohammed Imran Nikson by 0.11 seconds. 91 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

SM Abeer Ullah set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 57.23.

Three wins
Md Tafsirul Islam — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — Clock, Hosen Mohammed Imran Nikson over Zuhair Raiyan Khan
92
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Md Tafsirul Islam8.218.95
2×2Md Tafsirul Islam2.823.23
4×4Avirup Das30.8434.45
5×5Arnab Banik1:02.541:08.90
3×3 blindfoldedSM Abeer Ullah57.231:04.16
3×3 Fewest MovesMosfikul Islam23 moves—
3×3 one-handedMd Tafsirul Islam12.3615.19
ClockHosen Mohammed Imran Nikson10.2512.47
MegaminxMosfikul Islam48.7449.84
PyraminxAfif Zahin Biswas3.654.46
SkewbAvirup Das5.325.55
Square-1Zuhair Raiyan Khan14.1815.72

The PB harvest

92 set · 42 still standing
  • Shatadru Kundu — 3×3 single 8.24: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Hosen Mohammed Imran Nikson — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Nazib Nawar — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Nazib Nawar — 4×4 single 32.84: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
  • Nazib Nawar — 3×3 one-handed single 13.59: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Siyam Sadman — 4×4 single 33.63: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Taiyeb Al Kavi — 3×3 single 9.47: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Afif Zahin Biswas — 4×4 single 34.45: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 580 results · 12 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. Md Tafsirul Islam won it with a 8.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.