Competitions · India

DSL Cube Open 2022

Hyderabad, Telangana · 18 June 2022 · 10 events · 105 competitors · 103 personal bests

Nikhil Soares won three of the ten events (7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kalidindi Hardhik Varma by 0.04 seconds. 105 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nikhil Soares set the Megaminx single national record: 32.35.

Three wins

Nikhil Soares — 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Kalidindi Hardhik Varma over Nikhil Soares

103

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kalidindi Hardhik Varma	7.07	8.29
2×2	Naren Ramesh	1.67	2.40
4×4	Hasnain Reza Bilal	30.73	34.26
5×5	Hasnain Reza Bilal	58.85	1:02.89
6×6	Madhav Singh	2:07.59	2:12.17
7×7	Nikhil Soares	3:23.13	3:27.23
3×3 one-handed	Nikhil Soares	10.86	15.30
Megaminx	Nikhil Soares	32.35	36.92
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	2.45	3.79
Skewb	Madhav Singh	2.25	4.05

The PB harvest

103 set · 26 still standing

Nischal Nori — 3×3 single 6.51: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Madhav Singh — 4×4 single 28.86: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa — Skewb single 2.29: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Anandpreet Singh Madaan — 4×4 single 33.11: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Nikhil Arin Varma — 4×4 single 40.25: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Burujupati Gautam Sai Shyam — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Madhav Singh — 6×6 single 2:07.59: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Sumanth Thota — Skewb single 4.55: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

105 competitors · 651 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. Kalidindi Hardhik Varma won it with a 8.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.