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Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017

Alappuzha, Kerala · 8 July 2017 · 12 events · 72 competitors · 89 personal bests

Saravanan Gowthaman won two of the twelve events (4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Allen John by 0.22 seconds. 72 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Fawaz Ahmed took a Pyraminx single of 16.59 down to 5.20, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Saravanan Gowthaman — 4×4, Skewb

0.22s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Allen John over Vishnu Jayan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nitin Nathan	9.42	11.48
2×2	Adwaith Nambiar	2.69	2.88
4×4	Saravanan Gowthaman	46.47	49.93
5×5	Safvan Kadannam Potta	1:31.63	1:34.81
6×6	Safvan Kadannam Potta	2:47.61	2:55.58
3×3 blindfolded	Fahad Ittikaparambil Palakkal Haneefa	1:41.88	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Akula Pavan Kumar	38 moves	40.00
3×3 one-handed	Allen John	17.30	22.04
Megaminx	Akula Pavan Kumar	1:32.70	1:43.88
Pyraminx	Thabares Nazeer Basha	5.31	6.33
Skewb	Saravanan Gowthaman	4.91	5.88
3×3 with feet	Daniel James	1:02.09	1:07.63

The PB harvest

89 set · 19 still standing

Thabares Nazeer Basha — Pyraminx single 2.95: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Soham Adarkar — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Vishnu Jayan — 3×3 one-handed single 13.89: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Adwaith Nambiar — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Fawaz Ahmed — Pyraminx single 5.20: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Adam Oommen Jacob — Skewb single 5.32: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Pranav Prabhulla Chandran — 3×3 single 14.16: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
Sai Bharath Krishna — 2×2 single 3.71: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

72 competitors · 387 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

72 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.