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Competitions · India

City of Joy Open 2017

Kolkata, West Bengal · 3 June 2017 · 12 events · 44 competitors · 57 personal bests

Akash Rupela won three of the twelve events (5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Debanjan Poddar by 0.12 seconds. 44 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 18.82.

Three wins
Akash Rupela — 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Debanjan Poddar over Akash Rupela
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu7.188.57
2×2Debanjan Poddar3.104.07
4×4Ujjawal Pabreja39.6743.31
5×5Akash Rupela1:12.241:23.97
3×3 blindfoldedAkash Rupela59.65
3×3 Fewest MovesUjjawal Pabreja37 moves
3×3 one-handedSripad Sarma Katrapati14.9416.39
ClockSouvik Gain16.5617.79
PyraminxAkash Rupela5.726.58
SkewbSouvik Gain5.506.86
Square-1Debanjan Poddar33.2638.31
3×3 with feetSouvik Gain1:16.221:17.65

The PB harvest

57 set · 18 still standing
  • Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu — 3×3 single 7.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Ujjawal Pabreja — Skewb single 4.04: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
  • Adil Ahmed — 3×3 one-handed single 17.07: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Sujatro Bhadra — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu — 3×3 one-handed single 18.82: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Walter Kullu — 3×3 single 13.03: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
  • Adil Ahmed — 5×5 single 1:30.27: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
  • Poornash Anandan — 3×3 single 16.49: into the top 29.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 297 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

44 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.