Competitions · India

IIT Roorkee Open 2014

Haridwar, Uttarakhand · 21 March 2014 · 8 events · 15 competitors · 15 personal bests

Akash Rupela won five of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Shubham Kumar by 0.27 seconds. 15 competitors produced 15 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shubham Kumar set the Skewb average national record: 9.79.

Five wins

Akash Rupela — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx

0.27s

closest final — 2×2, Shubham Kumar over Akash Rupela

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Akash Rupela	11.27	12.39
2×2	Shubham Kumar	3.57	4.33
4×4	Akash Rupela	44.12	47.03
5×5	Akash Rupela	1:30.63	1:33.53
3×3 blindfolded	Akash Rupela	1:40.19	1:52.26
3×3 one-handed	Shubham Kumar	16.81	18.46
Pyraminx	Akash Rupela	6.48	7.51
Skewb	Shubham Kumar	7.41	9.79

The PB harvest

15 set · 9 still standing

Shubham Kumar — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Gautham Shiva Sreeji — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Gautham Shiva Sreeji — 3×3 single 13.41: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Ranphoa Ngowa — 3×3 one-handed single 25.19: into the top 34.7% of the event's history.
Ayush Goyal — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:24.70: into the top 41.6% of the event's history.
Gautham Shiva Sreeji — 4×4 single 1:10.30: into the top 47.2% of the event's history.
Chetti Arun — 3×3 single 40.06: into the top 76.9% of the event's history.
Arpit Garg — 3×3 single 55.55: into the top 89.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

15 competitors · 63 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

15 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.