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Competitions · India

Indian Nationals 2019

Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · 11 April 2019 · 18 events · 291 competitors · 428 personal bests

Shivam Bansal won four of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Arnav Arora by 0.07 seconds. 291 competitors produced 428 personal bests, 207 of which still stand today, and 100 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Arnav Arora set the 3×3 one-handed single continental record: 7.88.

Four wins
Shivam Bansal — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.07s
closest final — 2×2, Arnav Arora over Aaditya Shreeniwas Pant
428
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ujjawal Pabreja6.917.76
2×2Arnav Arora1.691.87
4×4Rituraj Sohoni26.5030.95
5×5Arnav Arora51.981:00.43
6×6Arnav Arora1:52.811:54.61
7×7Kunal Oak2:34.012:34.89
3×3 blindfoldedShivam Bansal24.96—
3×3 Fewest MovesUjjawal Pabreja29 moves29.33
3×3 one-handedBhargav Narasimhan11.7713.03
ClockKush Girap6.497.52
MegaminxNikhil Soares42.1544.26
PyraminxAniket Das2.102.79
SkewbMani Kumar2.693.77
Square-1Harsh Vinayak11.1814.04
4×4 blindfoldedShivam Bansal2:38.44—
5×5 blindfoldedShivam Bansal5:13.41—
3×3 Multi-BlindShivam Bansal35 of 42 cubes · 1:00:02—
3×3 with feetMohammed Aiman Koli25.1127.94

The PB harvest

428 set · 207 still standing
  • Nitin Nathan — Skewb single 1.73: into the top 0.78% of the event's history.
  • Nitin Nathan — Pyraminx single 2.02: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Piyush Kothari — Pyraminx single 2.03: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Arush Singh — Skewb single 2.14: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Siddhi Venkatesh — Clock single 4.00: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Abhay Gupta — Skewb single 2.46: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Shivam Bansal — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Aniket Das — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

100 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

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

291 competitors · 1997 results · 18 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. Ujjawal Pabreja won it with a 7.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

291 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.