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Competitions · India

Five Rivers Cube Open 2018

Jalandhar, Punjab · 6 October 2018 · 12 events · 75 competitors · 93 personal bests

Aryan Chhabra won three of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Lakshay Sharma by 0.16 seconds. 75 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Piyush Bansal took a 2×2 single of 39.09 down to 6.52, 83 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Aryan Chhabra — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.16s
closest final — Pyraminx, Lakshay Sharma over Soham Adarkar
93
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aryan Chhabra7.228.89
2×2Dhruv Arora2.052.76
4×4Aryan Chhabra28.6935.89
5×5Aryan Chhabra1:04.641:14.10
3×3 blindfoldedAnuj Singh Negi2:00.22—
3×3 Fewest MovesUjjawal Pabreja28 moves—
3×3 one-handedHargun Singh Tikku13.7816.29
MegaminxAkash Rupela51.831:00.73
PyraminxLakshay Sharma4.565.22
SkewbHargun Singh Tikku4.344.85
Square-1Lakshay Sharma20.9326.06
3×3 with feetDhruv Arora32.9238.40

The PB harvest

93 set · 41 still standing
  • Dhruv Arora — Skewb single 1.83: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
  • Swastik Joshi — 3×3 single 9.47: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Lovin Raghava — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Nitish Chawla — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Aditya Pathania — 2×2 single 3.10: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Nitish Chawla — Pyraminx single 5.83: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
  • Nishant Samadhar — 2×2 single 3.53: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
  • Harkaran Singh — 3×3 single 14.31: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

75 competitors · 454 results · 12 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 8.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.