Competitions · India

Indian Cube Challenge 2014

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 15 August 2014 · 15 events · 112 competitors · 147 personal bests

Sukesh Subaharan won three of the 15 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anish Rajesh by 0.24 seconds. 112 competitors produced 147 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 56 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nikhil Mande set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 15:34.00.

Three wins

Sukesh Subaharan — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Anish Rajesh over Akash Rupela

147

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Akash Rupela	9.40	10.29
2×2	Anish Rajesh	3.49	3.84
4×4	Abhishek Sathyanarayanan	46.85	53.92
5×5	Sukesh Subaharan	1:24.23	1:31.69
6×6	Sukesh Subaharan	3:15.12	3:20.50
7×7	Sukesh Subaharan	4:57.05	5:03.60
3×3 blindfolded	Akash Rupela	56.28	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Nikhil Mande	26 moves	31.67
3×3 one-handed	Vijay Kishore	16.70	20.20
Pyraminx	Abhishek Sathyanarayanan	6.78	7.37
Skewb	Ragavan Ravi	4.24	6.96
4×4 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	9:57.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Nikhil Mande	15:34.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nikhil Mande	14 of 15 cubes · 57:23	—
3×3 with feet	Vijay Kishore	2:20.80	2:47.14

The PB harvest

147 set · 40 still standing

Abhishek Sathyanarayanan — Pyraminx single 3.64: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
M Aashrit Krishna Sankaran — Pyraminx single 4.87: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Pulgurti Prateek — Pyraminx single 5.27: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
M Aashrit Krishna Sankaran — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:07.42: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Nikhil Kumar Shivakumar — 3×3 single 12.60: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Suraj Sanjay — Pyraminx single 5.44: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Ambuj Singh — 3×3 one-handed single 18.65: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Rehaan Rasheed — Pyraminx single 6.37: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

56 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

112 competitors · 691 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

112 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.