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Competitions · India

KES Cube Open 2019

Kannur, Kerala · 22 December 2019 · 4 events · 44 competitors · 37 personal bests

Faheem Arif won the 3×3 with a 10.54 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Faheem Arif by 0.43 seconds. 44 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mohammed Razal took a Pyraminx single of 11.96 down to 3.26, 73 percent better in one day.

4
events decided
0.43s
closest final — 3×3, Faheem Arif over Adwaith Nambiar
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Faheem Arif9.1910.54
2×2Mohammed Razal3.444.89
3×3 one-handedVenkatesh Sambhubhat18.9220.43
PyraminxMuhammed Nizam Ansar3.345.36

The PB harvest

37 set · 22 still standing
  • Etta Jaswanth Akhil — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Dakshin Vinod — 3×3 single 8.47: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Mohammed Razal — Pyraminx single 3.26: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Faheem Arif — 3×3 single 9.19: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Akshay Pradeep Kumar — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Dakshin Vinod — 3×3 one-handed single 16.12: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Venkatesh Sambhubhat — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Akshay Pradeep Kumar — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

44 competitors · 127 results · 4 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. Faheem Arif won it with a 10.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.