Competitions · India

Cube Challenge Quark 2018

South Goa, Goa · 11 February 2018 · 7 events · 58 competitors · 59 personal bests

Bhargav Narasimhan won five of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bhargav Narasimhan by 0.40 seconds. 58 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Abhinav Nath took a 2×2 single of 28.95 down to 7.15, 75 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Bhargav Narasimhan — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock

0.40s

closest final — 2×2, Bhargav Narasimhan over James Gonsalves

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bhargav Narasimhan	8.31	9.28
2×2	Bhargav Narasimhan	1.96	4.23
4×4	Bhargav Narasimhan	36.44	42.90
3×3 blindfolded	Nikhil George	1:14.09	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	12.57	13.32
Clock	Bhargav Narasimhan	10.94	12.42
Pyraminx	Aneesh Sawant	2.12	3.64

The PB harvest

59 set · 41 still standing

Aneesh Sawant — Pyraminx single 1.87: into the top 0.93% of the event's history.
Rahul Bhateja — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Nikhil Rajani — Pyraminx single 4.45: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Ishav Punia — 3×3 one-handed single 17.94: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Shrey Amonkar — Pyraminx single 5.30: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Ishav Punia — 3×3 single 13.17: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Neil Tauro — 3×3 single 13.27: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Vijay Jaidev Mahambre — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

58 competitors · 219 results · 7 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. Bhargav Narasimhan won it with a 9.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.