Competitions · India

DC Winter Open 2024

Hyderabad, Telangana · 27 January 2024 · 8 events · 82 competitors · 87 personal bests

Tarak Sai Musunuri won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tarak Sai Musunuri by 0.16 seconds. 82 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dhaval Saraiya took a 2×2 single of 6.85 down to 2.92, 57 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Tarak Sai Musunuri — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Tarak Sai Musunuri over Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tarak Sai Musunuri	7.79	7.86
2×2	Tarak Sai Musunuri	2.45	2.75
4×4	Tarak Sai Musunuri	38.18	40.48
3×3 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	56.76	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa	38 moves	41.67
3×3 one-handed	Tarak Sai Musunuri	13.27	13.63
Pyraminx	Tejas Parse	4.06	5.14
3×3 Multi-Blind	Vivek Prasad Mada	11 of 14 cubes · 51:52	—

The PB harvest

87 set · 36 still standing

Tejas Parse — Pyraminx single 1.84: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
Tarak Sai Musunuri — Pyraminx single 3.54: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Vishwa Prerepa — 3×3 single 9.76: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Palaparthi Ram Guru Dev — 3×3 single 11.34: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Tashvin Jayanth Sappa — Pyraminx single 4.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Saral Mudunuri — 2×2 single 2.85: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Dhaval Saraiya — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Mohammed Arif — 4×4 single 43.60: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

82 competitors · 422 results · 8 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. Tarak Sai Musunuri won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.