Competitions · India

City of Joy Open 2018

Kolkata, West Bengal · 29 April 2018 · 8 events · 69 competitors · 85 personal bests

Siddhikant Mishra won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Naman Jain by 0.02 seconds. 69 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ankan Das took a Skewb single of 24.53 down to 7.86, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Siddhikant Mishra — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Naman Jain over Sayan Bhattacharyya

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Siddhikant Mishra	9.05	10.09
2×2	Naman Jain	1.82	3.03
4×4	Siddhikant Mishra	41.75	43.63
3×3 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	25.12	—
3×3 one-handed	Siddhikant Mishra	17.82	19.34
Megaminx	Rik Ganguli Biswas	54.57	1:03.62
Pyraminx	Naman Jain	3.37	6.55
Skewb	Naman Jain	5.99	7.17

The PB harvest

85 set · 30 still standing

Sheikh Mustafa Kamal — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Indranil Seth — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Sayan Bhattacharyya — 3×3 one-handed single 13.31: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Satwik Sen — Pyraminx single 3.84: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Shikhar Mohan — 3×3 single 10.11: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Shikhar Mohan — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Saayan Prasad — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Saayan Prasad — 3×3 single 12.53: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

69 competitors · 340 results · 8 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. Siddhikant Mishra won it with a 10.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.