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Competitions · India

Cubing Returns Ghaziabad 2022

Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh · 19 March 2022 · 6 events · 28 competitors · 41 personal bests

Kunal Oak won three of the six events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Kunal Oak by 1.63 seconds. 28 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kunal Oak set the 6×6 single national record: 1:32.53.

Three wins
Kunal Oak — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
1.63s
closest final — 5×5, Kunal Oak over Hargun Singh Tikku
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
5×5Kunal Oak51.9956.39
6×6Kunal Oak1:32.701:39.24
7×7Kunal Oak2:17.642:21.68
3×3 blindfoldedShivam Bansal32.48
3×3 one-handedBhargav Narasimhan11.5412.28
Square-1Sukant Koul10.2214.03

The PB harvest

41 set · 6 still standing
  • Nikunj Agrawal — 3×3 one-handed single 18.59: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Anandpreet Singh Madaan — 5×5 single 1:19.42: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Satyam Panchal — 5×5 single 1:27.74: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
  • Samik Virmani — 5×5 single 1:38.24: into the top 34.1% of the event's history.
  • Samik Virmani — 3×3 one-handed single 32.31: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.
  • Ajay Kumar Puthal — 3×3 one-handed single 34.27: into the top 55.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

28 competitors · 169 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

28 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.