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KUbing Nepal 2023

Dhulikhel, Nepal · 2 December 2023 · 7 events · 52 competitors · 27 personal bests

Aarbid Bhattarai won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aarbid Bhattarai by 0.64 seconds. 52 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aarbid Bhattarai set the 3×3 single national record: 7.08.

Three wins
Aarbid Bhattarai — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.64s
closest final — 2×2, Aarbid Bhattarai over Salon Ngakhushi
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aarbid Bhattarai9.099.29
2×2Aarbid Bhattarai2.433.10
4×4Salon Ngakhushi38.4140.01
3×3 one-handedAarbid Bhattarai15.9316.16
PyraminxBihan Thapa Magar6.408.45
SkewbSalon Ngakhushi5.076.29
Square-1Salon Ngakhushi19.8021.49

The PB harvest

27 set · 14 still standing
  • Risab Subedi — 3×3 single 9.94: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Sabin Subedi — 3×3 single 13.19: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
  • Risab Subedi — 4×4 single 46.64: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Sujal Acharya — 3×3 single 15.25: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
  • Roshan Sahani — 3×3 single 15.38: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
  • Sabin Subedi — 3×3 one-handed single 24.99: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
  • Sabin Subedi — 4×4 single 59.72: into the top 36.2% of the event's history.
  • Suvanga Upadhayaya — 3×3 single 21.09: into the top 43.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 216 results · 7 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. Aarbid Bhattarai won it with a 9.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.