Competitions · India

Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 16 April 2022 · 5 events · 137 competitors · 65 personal bests

Ashwin Narendran won the 3×3 with a 9.36 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Rithvik Ganesh by 0.08 seconds. 137 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 85 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Shresht Prabhu took a 3×3 single of 1:03.32 down to 15.11, 76 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.08s

closest final — Pyraminx, Rithvik Ganesh over Vishnu Bhaskar

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ashwin Narendran	7.73	9.36
2×2	Aayush Sriram Bharadwaj	2.34	2.78
3×3 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	1:34.24	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Sukant Koul	32 moves	35.33
Pyraminx	Rithvik Ganesh	3.05	3.83

The PB harvest

65 set · 22 still standing

Vishnu Bhaskar — Pyraminx single 2.22: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Sivasaran Babu — 3×3 single 7.99: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Deepak Acharya — Pyraminx single 3.13: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Ramanathan Venkatachalam — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Priyanshu Kumar Bodra — 3×3 single 9.92: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Deepak Acharya — 3×3 single 9.95: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Rithvik Ganesh — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Abhinav Khot — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

85 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

137 competitors · 545 results · 5 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. Ashwin Narendran won it with a 9.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

137 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.