Competitions · India

Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · 15 August 2024 · 17 events · 125 competitors · 196 personal bests

Dhruv Thirumalairajan won three of the 17 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Krishanth Thangarathan by 0.23 seconds. 125 competitors produced 196 personal bests, 85 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Muhammad Hanif took a Clock single of 28.24 down to 7.64, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Dhruv Thirumalairajan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.23s

closest final — Clock, Krishanth Thangarathan over Pranav Dandgaval

196

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Vijay Kishore	6.77	8.23
2×2	Akhil Vikram	1.86	2.44
4×4	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	31.48	32.38
5×5	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	49.77	55.19
6×6	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	1:38.06	1:49.48
7×7	Sujai Shakthivel	2:49.35	2:53.01
3×3 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	1:07.46	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Vijay Kishore	38 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Sujai Shakthivel	13.94	15.36
Clock	Krishanth Thangarathan	7.30	8.05
Megaminx	Muhammad Rayyan	51.59	55.22
Pyraminx	Viswath Kumaraa Kesavaraj	2.25	3.12
Skewb	Hariharan Sachidanandam	2.82	3.67
Square-1	Pranav Dandgaval	10.92	13.56
4×4 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	5:57.71	—
5×5 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mohamed Bilal	12 of 13 cubes · 57:50	—

The PB harvest

196 set · 85 still standing

Pranav Dandgaval — Square-1 single 7.59: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Imruthun Meenakshisundaram — 3×3 one-handed single 11.60: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Hariharan Sachidanandam — 3×3 single 8.34: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Nishanth Meganathan — Square-1 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Harish Raj Ponkumar — 2×2 single 1.92: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Viswath Kumaraa Kesavaraj — 3×3 single 8.81: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Hariharan Sachidanandam — Pyraminx single 3.34: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Srihari Siva — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

125 competitors · 1214 results · 17 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. Vijay Kishore won it with a 8.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

125 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.