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CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020

Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu · 31 January 2020 · 17 events · 123 competitors · 169 personal bests

Anish Rajesh won five of the 17 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anish Rajesh by 0.02 seconds. 123 competitors produced 169 personal bests, 104 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anish Rajesh set the 5×5 single national record: 47.77.

Five wins
Anish Rajesh — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Anish Rajesh over Nithin Babu
169
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Anish Rajesh7.928.67
2×2Anish Rajesh1.632.27
4×4Anish Rajesh27.3430.78
5×5Anish Rajesh47.7753.80
6×6Pranav Prabhu2:04.842:14.32
7×7Anish Rajesh2:32.612:37.52
3×3 blindfoldedNitheesh Kumar Elangovan55.79—
3×3 Fewest MovesPranav Prabhu23 moves27.33
3×3 one-handedSripad Sarma Katrapati10.9113.27
ClockSukant Koul8.779.64
MegaminxSukant Koul51.3858.57
PyraminxNaren Ramesh2.163.10
SkewbKhavin Janarthana3.716.14
Square-1Sukant Koul14.4015.27
4×4 blindfoldedSukesh Kumar7:35.60—
5×5 blindfoldedSukesh Kumar19:11.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindSukesh Kumar6 of 7 cubes · 36:49—

The PB harvest

169 set · 104 still standing
  • Pranav Prabhu — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Nitheesh Kumar Elangovan — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Siddhant Luniya — 3×3 single 8.94: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Sukant Koul — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Aayush Sriram Bharadwaj — Pyraminx single 3.94: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Gautam Srinivas — Pyraminx single 4.00: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Chaitanya Srikanth Rao — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Aadhitya Ayyappan — Pyraminx single 4.56: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

123 competitors · 670 results · 17 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. Anish Rajesh won it with a 8.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

123 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.