Competitions · India
IIT Kharagpur Spring Open 2024
Kharagpur, West Bengal · 17 March 2024 · 6 events · 26 competitors · 22 personal bests
Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka won two of the six events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka by 0.02 seconds. 26 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Anish Vardhan Chatterjee took a 3×3 single of 1:10.67 down to 33.42, 53 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Debanjan Poddar | 9.46 | 10.06 |
| 2×2 | Jai Sachdev | 1.82 | 2.60 |
| 4×4 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 31.73 | 35.42 |
| 5×5 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 56.46 | 1:03.14 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Tegan Jain | 12.63 | 17.00 |
| Pyraminx | Ayush Patnaik | 2.97 | 3.85 |
The PB harvest
22 set · 9 still standing- Tegan Jain — 3×3 one-handed single 12.63: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
- Anunak Roy — 3×3 one-handed single 14.81: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
- Aman Kumar — 4×4 single 47.44: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
- Debanjan Poddar — 5×5 single 1:27.13: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
- Mukul Das (मुकुल दास) — 4×4 single 1:02.61: into the top 39.3% of the event's history.
- Aman Kumar — 5×5 single 1:49.79: into the top 42.4% of the event's history.
- Adriyamaan Chatterjee — 3×3 single 25.91: into the top 54.6% of the event's history.
- Anish Vardhan Chatterjee — 3×3 single 33.42: into the top 68.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Twelve 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
26 competitors · 142 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. Debanjan Poddar won it with a 10.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 F2 R2 D2 U B2 D2 L2 R F' L' B' R' U' B2 D L2 D2 B - 2
L' U L B2 D' F2 D' U2 F2 L2 R2 U' L F2 L' F U' R B2 - 3
R' B2 L2 U2 B U2 B' L2 D2 B D2 U' B' L' B' U' F2 D B' - 4
U F2 D F2 L2 D' R2 D U2 R' B2 D L D' U' R2 F L B' - 5
R B R2 U2 F' D2 F R2 U2 R2 L' D U' L' D' R B' F R2 B'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
26 competitors- Aditya Dey
- Adriyamaan Chatterjee
- Aman Kumar
- Anish Vardhan Chatterjee
- Anunak Roy
- Arnav Gupta
- Ayush Patnaik
- Debanjan Poddar
- Deepjoy Das
- Farhan Ahmed Jalali
- Harsh Gupta
- Himanshu Ravindra Iwanati
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka
- Jai Sachdev
- Krityapriya Bhaumik
- Kshitij Agarwal
- Mohammad Sultan Irshad
- Mukul Das (मुकुल दास)
- Rudraksh Das
- Shouryadeepta Mukherjee
- Spondon Nath
- Srinika Mukherjee
- Srinjoy Ghosh
- Tegan Jain
- Yash Agarwal
- Yuvraj Agarwal
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.