Competitions · India

IVWS Cube Open 2023

Kolkata, West Bengal · 5 August 2023 · 8 events · 61 competitors · 57 personal bests

Aarya Biswas won two of the eight events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) by 0.10 seconds. 61 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Priyanshu Das took a 2×2 single of 18.51 down to 3.81, 79 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Aarya Biswas — 3×3, 2×2

0.10s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) over Ayush Patnaik

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aarya Biswas	7.36	8.71
2×2	Aarya Biswas	1.93	2.79
4×4	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	31.27	34.79
3×3 blindfolded	Sayak Moulic	1:57.16	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Shriansh Deb	38 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Ribin Abraham	13.09	16.85
Pyraminx	Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ)	2.75	3.61
Skewb	Ribin Abraham	4.71	6.25

The PB harvest

57 set · 27 still standing

Ayush Patnaik — Pyraminx single 2.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Sayak Moulic — Pyraminx single 2.58: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Aarya Biswas — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Kumudesh Ghosh — 2×2 single 2.98: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Yudhajeet Sarkar — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Shriansh Deb — 4×4 single 42.00: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Aarya Biswas — Pyraminx single 5.46: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Priyanshu Das — 3×3 single 13.37: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

61 competitors · 259 results · 8 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. Aarya Biswas won it with a 8.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.