Competitions · India

Howrah Cube Open 2023

Howrah, West Bengal · 20 May 2023 · 13 events · 69 competitors · 105 personal bests

Kunal Oak won seven of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Arghadeep Mukherjee by 0.24 seconds. 69 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kunal Oak set the 5×5 average national record: 53.26.

Seven wins

Kunal Oak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.24s

closest final — Clock, Arghadeep Mukherjee over Shivam Bansal

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kunal Oak	7.42	8.50
2×2	Kunal Oak	2.56	3.05
4×4	Kunal Oak	28.61	31.22
5×5	Kunal Oak	50.61	55.94
6×6	Kunal Oak	1:32.99	1:38.04
7×7	Kunal Oak	2:19.22	2:23.44
3×3 blindfolded	Shivam Bansal	31.57	—
3×3 one-handed	Saseeth Srilok Majeti	12.27	14.10
Clock	Arghadeep Mukherjee	8.50	10.88
Megaminx	Kunal Oak	58.04	1:04.10
Pyraminx	Ayush Patnaik	2.63	3.36
Skewb	Anunak Roy	3.80	4.83
Square-1	Shivam Bansal	14.33	16.41

The PB harvest

105 set · 43 still standing

Shivam Bansal — 3×3 one-handed single 9.72: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Anunak Roy — Pyraminx single 2.68: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Syon Mukherjee — 3×3 single 8.03: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Aditya Ghidora — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Sayak Moulic — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Jagannath Saha (জগন্নাথ সাহা) — Pyraminx single 3.29: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Saseeth Srilok Majeti — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Aditya Ghidora — 4×4 single 33.21: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 448 results · 13 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 8.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.