Competitions · India

Korum Cube Challenge 2023

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 21 January 2023 · 11 events · 158 competitors · 178 personal bests

Advay Sant won two of the eleven events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bhavya Goyal by 0.11 seconds. 158 competitors produced 178 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 81 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yatharth Agarwal took a 3×3 single of 1:20.02 down to 15.90, 80 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Advay Sant — 2×2, Skewb

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Bhavya Goyal over Aamir Saifee

178

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bhavya Goyal	5.87	8.09
2×2	Advay Sant	1.36	1.50
4×4	Anish Rajesh	26.52	28.92
7×7	Anish Rajesh	2:16.08	2:25.75
3×3 blindfolded	Mohammed Aiman Koli	33.28	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	11.52	12.55
Clock	Neil Gour	5.72	5.95
Megaminx	Arnav Adani	44.90	46.82
Pyraminx	Aneesh Sawant	2.37	3.07
Skewb	Advay Sant	2.58	2.68
Square-1	Parth Chhugani	7.51	10.31

The PB harvest

178 set · 55 still standing

Bhavya Goyal — 3×3 single 5.87: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Mohammed Aiman Koli — 3×3 single 6.51: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Anish Rajesh — 4×4 single 25.91: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Anish Rajesh — 3×3 single 6.71: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Mohammed Aiman Koli — 3×3 one-handed single 11.72: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Jay Lanjewar — 3×3 single 8.19: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Neil Gour — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Satyam Panchal — 3×3 one-handed single 13.15: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

81 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

158 competitors · 977 results · 11 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. Bhavya Goyal won it with a 8.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

158 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.