Competitions · India

Cubing Returns Pune 2022

Pune, Maharashtra · 12 June 2022 · 6 events · 96 competitors · 88 personal bests

Shubham Maharana won the 3×3 with a 8.81 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Naren Ramesh by 0.03 seconds. 96 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vedant Kandoi took a Pyraminx single of 6.40 down to 2.37, 63 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Naren Ramesh over Aayush Shah

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shubham Maharana	7.43	8.81
2×2	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.65	2.21
4×4	Kunal Oak	30.37	33.06
3×3 blindfolded	Mohammed Aiman Koli	27.00	29.11
3×3 one-handed	Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar	12.69	13.67
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	2.62	3.18

The PB harvest

88 set · 18 still standing

Viswath Kumaraa Kesavaraj — Pyraminx single 1.53: into the top 0.46% of the event's history.
Sumiran Maiskar — Pyraminx single 1.88: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) — Pyraminx single 2.22: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Vedant Kandoi — Pyraminx single 2.37: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Aarav Bhoite — Pyraminx single 2.63: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Burujupati Gautam Sai Shyam — 3×3 single 9.96: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Darsh Besra — Pyraminx single 4.22: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Aarav Bhoite — 4×4 single 42.81: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 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

96 competitors · 395 results · 6 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. Shubham Maharana won it with a 8.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.