Competitions · India
Cubing Comes to Bihar 2023
Motihari, Bihar · 12 August 2023 · 10 events · 22 competitors · 15 personal bests
Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka won eight of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Spondon Nath by 0.05 seconds. 22 competitors produced 15 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka took a Megaminx single of 2:11.60 down to 1:06.16, 50 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 8.45 | 10.05 |
| 2×2 | Spondon Nath | 3.53 | 4.61 |
| 4×4 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 33.45 | 40.05 |
| 5×5 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 57.04 | 1:03.74 |
| 6×6 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 1:41.88 | 1:50.86 |
| 7×7 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 3:00.86 | 3:52.96 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 16.15 | 18.97 |
| Megaminx | Aditya Priyanka | 1:10.87 | 1:15.38 |
| Pyraminx | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 6.86 | 8.94 |
| Skewb | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 5.47 | 6.96 |
The PB harvest
15 set · 4 still standing- Utkarsh Raj — 3×3 single 13.38: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
- Utkarsh Raj — 3×3 one-handed single 24.67: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.
- Aditya Priyanka — 2×2 single 6.47: into the top 55.7% of the event's history.
- Aditya Priyanka — Skewb single 18.90: into the top 87.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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
22 competitors · 105 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. Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka won it with a 10.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F' R L2 B2 D2 R2 D2 L2 D' B' D B L U2 R2 B' F2 L' - 2
U2 R' B2 L2 F2 U' F2 L2 D2 L2 D F2 R U L D F' D' U B2 - 3
U L2 R2 D B2 L2 R2 D B L2 R2 F' R' D L' D' F2 L2 F' - 4
L' F' L' U2 L U' B L2 U' R L2 F' U2 R2 F2 U2 L2 B' D' - 5
U2 R2 D2 F2 U' L2 B2 U B2 U' F' R B' D' L' D U2 B2 D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
22 competitors- Abhishek Kumar
- Adarsh Bharti (आदर्श भारती)
- Aditya Priyanka
- Darsh
- Gourav Kumar
- Harshvardhan Singh
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka
- Kaarnik Jain
- Kaustubh
- Kumar Aarav
- Md Sahil
- Mukul Das (मुकुल दास)
- Piyush Kumar
- Pranjal Srivastava
- Priyanshu Raj
- Sadique Ahmad
- Sandeep Sahay
- Satyam Kumar
- Sheetal Kumari
- Spondon Nath
- Utkarsh Raj
- Vatsal Kumar
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.