Competitions · India

IISER Pune Cube Open 2019

Pune, Maharashtra · 17 March 2019 · 6 events · 100 competitors · 94 personal bests

Nikhil Soares won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Nikhil Soares by 0.02 seconds. 100 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ayush Vasudev Karpe took a 2×2 single of 7.37 down to 1.27, 83 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Nikhil Soares — 3×3, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Nikhil Soares over Advay Sant

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nikhil Soares	7.30	8.68
2×2	Aaditya Shreeniwas Pant	1.55	2.04
4×4	Nikhil Soares	36.96	39.90
3×3 blindfolded	Mohammed Aiman Koli	32.67	—
3×3 one-handed	Advay Sant	12.88	15.18
Pyraminx	Nikhil Soares	2.02	3.40

The PB harvest

94 set · 39 still standing

Ayush Vasudev Karpe — 2×2 single 1.27: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Alaik Bhatia — Pyraminx single 3.43: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Varad Mandar Gosavi — 3×3 single 9.32: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Alaik Bhatia — 3×3 blindfolded single 42.55: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Gautam Diwakar — 3×3 single 10.59: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Arjun Dhiren Pradhan — Pyraminx single 4.71: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Omkar Joshi — 3×3 single 11.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Gautam Patwardhan — 3×3 single 12.07: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

100 competitors · 389 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. Nikhil Soares won it with a 8.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.