Competitions · India

Great Indian Cubeathon 2016

New Delhi, Delhi · 8 January 2016 · 18 events · 109 competitors · 202 personal bests

Shivam Bansal won six of the 18 events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Naman Jethani by 0.09 seconds. 109 competitors produced 202 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shivam Bansal set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 22 of 25 cubes · 59:13.

Six wins

Shivam Bansal — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.09s

closest final — Pyraminx, Naman Jethani over Shivam Bansal

202

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Akash Rupela	9.84	10.81
2×2	Shivam Bansal	2.53	3.38
4×4	Shivam Bansal	46.37	50.64
5×5	Shubham Kumar	1:19.25	1:25.60
6×6	Akash Rupela	2:37.39	2:57.09
7×7	Sukant Koul	4:18.38	4:48.87
3×3 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	37.79	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Shivam Bansal	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Shivam Bansal	15.81	16.35
Clock	Shivam Bansal	11.19	13.29
Megaminx	Abhi Gawande	1:29.48	1:38.21
Pyraminx	Naman Jethani	2.57	3.88
Skewb	Mani Kumar	3.44	4.89
Square-1	Ishaan Bhattacharyya	13.50	15.74
4×4 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	2:47.43	—
5×5 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	8:41.30	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Shivam Bansal	22 of 25 cubes · 59:13	—
3×3 with feet	Shivam Gupta	1:36.85	1:45.51

The PB harvest

202 set · 37 still standing

Ananya Gupta — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Akash Rupela — Square-1 single 12.30: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Ashish Arora — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Ansh Arora — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Sparsh Ailawadi — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Prabhav Chauhan — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Sarang Arora — 2×2 single 3.19: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Shreenidhi Joisa — 3×3 single 13.72: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 961 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

109 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.