Competitions · India
Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2016
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh · 4 March 2016 · 12 events · 31 competitors · 35 personal bests
Akash Rupela won five of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Akash Rupela by 0.27 seconds. 31 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Aabhas Mathur took a 3×3 single of 58.09 down to 17.97, 69 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Akash Rupela | 8.40 | 9.25 |
| 2×2 | Akash Rupela | 3.00 | 4.22 |
| 4×4 | Akash Rupela | 40.40 | 45.54 |
| 5×5 | Ujjawal Pabreja | 1:18.94 | 1:23.95 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Sukant Koul | 56.54 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Prakhar Gupta | 31 moves | 35.33 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Akash Rupela | 16.56 | 19.21 |
| Megaminx | Prakhar Gupta | 1:33.61 | 1:35.29 |
| Pyraminx | Hemang Sarkar | 4.72 | 5.35 |
| Skewb | Ujjawal Pabreja | 6.41 | 8.09 |
| Square-1 | Akash Rupela | 19.46 | 21.68 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Sukant Koul | 14 of 15 cubes · 58:53 | — |
The PB harvest
35 set · 15 still standing- Nikhil Mande — 3×3 single 10.52: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
- Prabal Khare — 3×3 single 12.32: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
- Aditya Bhutra — 2×2 single 4.28: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
- Soumen Sarkar — 3×3 single 17.53: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
- Kartikeya Singh — 2×2 single 4.70: into the top 35.5% of the event's history.
- Soumen Sarkar — 3×3 one-handed single 27.26: into the top 40.0% of the event's history.
- Himanshu Singh Chauhan — 3×3 single 21.71: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
- Soumen Sarkar — 4×4 single 1:16.04: into the top 52.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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
31 competitors · 215 results · 12 events.
Everyone who competed
31 competitors- Aabhas Mathur
- Aditya Bhutra
- Akash Kumar Jaiswal
- Akash Rupela
- Akshay Hatkar
- Anutosh Nimesh
- Arnav Dutt
- Hemang Sarkar
- Hemansh Srivastava
- Hemant Kumar
- Himanshu Singh Chauhan
- Himesh Gangrade
- Kailash Kumar
- Kartikeya Singh
- Mohammed Talib Khan
- Nikhil Mande
- Ompriya Goyal
- Prabal Khare
- Prakhar Gupta
- Pranav Maneriker
- Prasoon Sharma
- Pulkit Gupta
- Rishabh Tamhane
- Shivam Yadav
- Siddarth Krishnamoorthy
- Soumen Sarkar
- Sukant Koul
- Suyash Kumar
- Ujjawal Pabreja
- Vatsal Agarwal
- Vinay Kumar Patkar
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.