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Competitions · India

DSK Cube Open 2023

Pune, Maharashtra · 14 January 2023 · 10 events · 134 competitors · 122 personal bests

Kalidindi Hardhik Varma won two of the ten events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Sukant Koul by 0.06 seconds. 134 competitors produced 122 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 64 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Parth Chhugani set the Square-1 single national record: 7.25.

Two wins
Kalidindi Hardhik Varma — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.06s
closest final — Clock, Sukant Koul over Neil Gour
122
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Siddhesh Pore7.868.67
2×2Shubham Maharana1.582.03
4×4Kalidindi Hardhik Varma33.0534.16
3×3 blindfoldedAbhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)28.3633.94
3×3 one-handedKalidindi Hardhik Varma13.4714.20
ClockSukant Koul5.316.73
MegaminxArnav Adani42.2744.15
PyraminxAneesh Sawant3.444.60
SkewbChetan Roger Dhanjal2.943.27
Square-1Parth Chhugani7.259.81

The PB harvest

122 set · 39 still standing
  • Arnav Adani — 2×2 single 1.08: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
  • Parth Chhugani — Square-1 single 7.25: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Arnav Adani — 3×3 one-handed single 12.04: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Vaidik Prasal — 3×3 single 8.34: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Varad Mandar Gosavi — Skewb single 3.30: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Dhruv Nilkanth — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Kalidindi Hardhik Varma — Pyraminx single 3.96: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Rathin Panchawatikar — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

64 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

134 competitors · 696 results · 10 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. Siddhesh Pore won it with a 8.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

134 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.