Competitions · India

IISER Pune Winter Open 2024

Pune, Maharashtra · 13 January 2024 · 5 events · 111 competitors · 81 personal bests

Advay Sant won two of the five events (3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Shashank Chandramouli by 0.09 seconds. 111 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Moksh Mumbaiwala took a Skewb single of 12.15 down to 2.86, 76 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Advay Sant — 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Shashank Chandramouli over Advay Sant

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shashank Chandramouli	6.86	8.70
3×3 one-handed	Advay Sant	11.02	11.57
Pyraminx	Imaad Sohel Ajani	2.07	3.13
Skewb	Advay Sant	2.35	2.95
Square-1	Pranav Dandgaval	11.49	12.99

The PB harvest

81 set · 31 still standing

Shashank Chandramouli — 3×3 single 6.86: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Nishad Khade — 3×3 one-handed single 12.83: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Palash Gwalia — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Moksh Mumbaiwala — Skewb single 2.86: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Vedant Bapat (वेदांत बापट) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.36: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Rohan Bansod — 3×3 one-handed single 14.84: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Rohan Parwekar — Skewb single 3.61: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Shivam Dubey — 3×3 single 10.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

111 competitors · 346 results · 5 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. Shashank Chandramouli won it with a 8.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.