Competitions · India

Delhi Cube Splash 2017

New Delhi, Delhi · 30 July 2017 · 6 events · 94 competitors · 68 personal bests

Shivam Bansal won three of the six events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Aryan Chhabra by 0.55 seconds. 94 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arnav Bhatia took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:15.13 down to 36.25, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Shivam Bansal — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.55s

closest final — 3×3, Aryan Chhabra over Tanish Saxena

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aryan Chhabra	8.23	8.92
3×3 blindfolded	Shivam Bansal	24.10	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Shivam Bansal	35 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Arnav Arora	13.50	15.67
3×3 Multi-Blind	Shivam Bansal	35 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00	—
3×3 with feet	Dhruv Arora	45.08	49.60

The PB harvest

68 set · 27 still standing

Kriday Borwankar — 3×3 single 8.16: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Druhin Lamba — 3×3 single 9.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Aakash Singh — 3×3 single 9.98: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Kaustubh Varshney — 3×3 one-handed single 17.93: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Palaash Goel — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:33.41: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
Prakshal Jain — 3×3 single 15.20: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
Prakhar Gupta — 3×3 with feet single 1:25.08: into the top 30.6% of the event's history.
Eshan Daksh — 3×3 single 17.63: into the top 33.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

94 competitors · 288 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. Aryan Chhabra won it with a 8.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.