Competitions · India

CMI Autumn Open 2018

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 27 October 2018 · 10 events · 73 competitors · 92 personal bests

Nithin Babu won two of the ten events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Emmanuel Rajapandian by 0.35 seconds. 73 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Athul Gokuldas took a Skewb single of 10.16 down to 3.94, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Nithin Babu — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.35s

closest final — Pyraminx, Emmanuel Rajapandian over Vishal Mohanraju

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Vijay Kishore	7.53	8.26
2×2	Naren Ramesh	2.18	2.43
4×4	Nithin Babu	31.10	34.88
3×3 blindfolded	Vishwanath Jeyaraman	56.96	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Lakshay Modi	37 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Nithin Babu	14.49	15.65
Megaminx	Pranav Prabhu	1:10.55	1:21.64
Pyraminx	Emmanuel Rajapandian	1.70	3.37
Skewb	Nitin Nathan	3.00	3.91
Square-1	Lakshay Modi	11.13	13.47

The PB harvest

92 set · 37 still standing

Emmanuel Rajapandian — Pyraminx single 1.70: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Nithin Babu — 3×3 single 6.51: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Madhava Rajan — Pyraminx single 3.52: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Aayush Sriram Bharadwaj — Skewb single 3.52: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Madhava Rajan — 3×3 single 10.43: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Lakshman Balaji — Pyraminx single 4.22: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Vivek Narayanan Chembampadath Viswanathan — 3×3 one-handed single 15.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Krishna Vijayraghavan — 3×3 single 11.40: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

73 competitors · 374 results · 10 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 8.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.