Competitions · India

Hyderabad Cube Open 2023

Hyderabad, Telangana · 11 August 2023 · 16 events · 193 competitors · 252 personal bests

Aarav Gandhi won three of the 16 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Siddhesh Pore by 0.11 seconds. 193 competitors produced 252 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Neil Gour set the Clock single national record: 3.85.

Three wins

Aarav Gandhi — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Siddhesh Pore over Hasnain Reza Bilal

252

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Siddhesh Pore	6.98	7.77
2×2	Shubham Maharana	1.02	2.01
4×4	Siddhesh Pore	26.45	28.51
5×5	Aarav Gandhi	51.96	55.66
6×6	Aarav Gandhi	1:44.41	1:51.68
7×7	Aarav Gandhi	2:53.07	2:57.51
3×3 blindfolded	Greehith Annabathina	30.63	—
3×3 one-handed	Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar	11.38	14.25
Clock	Neil Gour	3.90	4.94
Megaminx	Arnav Adani	42.51	44.06
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	2.05	2.33
Skewb	Pratik Khanna	2.17	3.08
Square-1	Pranav Dandgaval	9.50	12.63
4×4 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	2:52.05	—
5×5 blindfolded	Greehith Annabathina	12:05.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Karthikeya Abhiram Pemmaraju	6 of 6 cubes · 44:44	—

The PB harvest

252 set · 73 still standing

Sujai Shakthivel — 3×3 single 8.04: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Nityanth Gorrepati — 3×3 single 9.81: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Agilan Adhivishwa Arunagirinathan — Pyraminx single 4.04: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Krishna Advait Sripada — 3×3 one-handed single 15.28: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Shlok Mongia — Pyraminx single 4.49: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Siddharth Khanna — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Arnav Adani — Square-1 single 12.35: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Serendeep Rudraraju — Pyraminx single 4.59: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 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

193 competitors · 1303 results · 16 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. Siddhesh Pore won it with a 7.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

193 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.