Competitions · India

Five Rivers Cube Open 2017

Jalandhar, Punjab · 3 December 2017 · 8 events · 97 competitors · 21 personal bests

Aryan Chhabra won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aryan Chhabra by 1.01 seconds. 97 competitors produced 21 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 88 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arastu Sharma took a 2×2 single of 12.41 down to 6.64, 46 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Aryan Chhabra — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

1.01s

closest final — 2×2, Aryan Chhabra over Rishab Batra

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aryan Chhabra	8.08	8.79
2×2	Aryan Chhabra	2.34	3.26
4×4	Aryan Chhabra	32.23	40.72
3×3 Fewest Moves	Dhruv Arora	40 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Aryan Chhabra	14.69	15.73
Pyraminx	Lakshay Sharma	2.98	4.63
Skewb	Dhruv Arora	3.78	5.32
3×3 with feet	Dhruv Arora	45.82	49.60

The PB harvest

21 set · 4 still standing

Kavish Garg — Pyraminx single 5.30: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Arastu Sharma — 3×3 single 19.47: into the top 38.4% of the event's history.
Lakshay Sharma — 3×3 with feet single 2:11.76: into the top 54.1% of the event's history.
Arastu Sharma — 2×2 single 6.64: into the top 57.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

88 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

97 competitors · 242 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. Aryan Chhabra won it with a 8.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.