Competitions · India

i.Cube Open 2017

Gandhinagar, Gujarat · 28 October 2017 · 6 events · 56 competitors · 46 personal bests

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) won three of the six events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Shresth Shah by 0.27 seconds. 56 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Harsh Bhatia took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:33.02 down to 36.74, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.27s

closest final — Pyraminx, Shresth Shah over Sachin Arvind

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	11.85	12.56
2×2	Shresth Shah	3.27	4.64
4×4	Ankush Kumar	46.16	46.87
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	35.98	—
3×3 one-handed	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	21.15	23.25
Pyraminx	Shresth Shah	4.70	5.70

The PB harvest

46 set · 20 still standing

Rudraan Shah — Pyraminx single 3.19: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Siddhartha Modi — Pyraminx single 4.46: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Amaan Shahana — 3×3 single 11.51: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Kushagra Joshi — Pyraminx single 5.14: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Kush Jajal — 3×3 one-handed single 18.77: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Vedant Patel — 3×3 single 14.86: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.
Kush Jajal — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:42.77: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.
Bhavya Nileshkumar Patel — Pyraminx single 8.49: into the top 40.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

56 competitors · 205 results · 6 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. Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) won it with a 12.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.