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Competitions · India

Gurugram Cube Open 2023

Gurugram, Haryana · 7 October 2023 · 14 events · 105 competitors · 132 personal bests

Kunal Oak won four of the 14 events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Pratik Khanna by 0.61 seconds. 105 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ahaan Bansal took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:54.25 down to 31.65, 72 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Kunal Oak — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.61s
closest final — Skewb, Pratik Khanna over Divij Yadav
132
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kunal Oak7.277.92
2×2Divij Yadav1.241.86
4×4Aryan Chhabra29.1032.55
5×5Kunal Oak51.8056.51
6×6Kunal Oak1:39.721:40.02
7×7Kunal Oak2:22.842:32.18
3×3 blindfoldedShivam Bansal27.81—
3×3 one-handedAryan Chhabra11.9712.96
MegaminxArghy Shravast51.8054.98
PyraminxVeenayak Bhola1.272.54
SkewbPratik Khanna2.063.19
4×4 blindfoldedShivam Bansal6:19.69—
5×5 blindfoldedShivam Bansal13:01.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindShivam Bansal25 of 30 cubes · 43:29—

The PB harvest

132 set · 46 still standing
  • Veenayak Bhola — Pyraminx single 1.27: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
  • Ritvik Sharma — Pyraminx single 1.33: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
  • Arsh Pandya — Pyraminx single 1.46: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
  • Arghy Shravast — Pyraminx single 2.13: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Pratik Khanna — 3×3 single 7.65: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Veenayak Bhola — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Aayan Tanwar — Pyraminx single 2.81: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Ritvik Sharma — 3×3 single 9.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

105 competitors · 585 results · 14 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. Kunal Oak won it with a 7.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.