Competitions · India
LPU National Cube Challenge 2018
Kapurthala, Punjab · 1 September 2018 · 6 events · 56 competitors · 26 personal bests
Dhruv Arora won four of the six events (2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lovin Raghava by 0.05 seconds. 56 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Piyush Bansal took a 3×3 single of 2:05.06 down to 30.41, 76 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Lovin Raghava | 10.40 | 10.77 |
| 2×2 | Dhruv Arora | 2.12 | 2.96 |
| 4×4 | Dhruv Arora | 46.58 | 47.08 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Akash Rupela | 15.23 | 17.77 |
| Pyraminx | Dhruv Arora | 4.65 | 5.87 |
| Skewb | Dhruv Arora | 5.71 | 6.29 |
The PB harvest
26 set · 5 still standing- Swastik Joshi — Pyraminx single 4.73: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
- Sahil Madnani — 4×4 single 54.16: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
- Navkaran Handa — 3×3 single 22.61: into the top 47.0% of the event's history.
- Pranav Bansal — 3×3 single 45.18: into the top 82.2% of the event's history.
- Navkaran Handa — 4×4 single 2:05.46: into the top 84.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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
56 competitors · 194 results · 6 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. Lovin Raghava won it with a 10.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F R D' F' L2 D2 L' U F' R' D2 L D2 F2 L B2 R B2 U2 F2 - 2
B2 U2 L' U2 L2 U2 R F2 L2 D F' R2 D2 R2 D' B' L' R2 U' - 3
L2 D2 F2 L2 B2 L2 U' B D U B2 F L F2 R' D R2 D' U' - 4
U2 F2 L2 D' F2 L2 D' U2 L2 R2 B R2 F D' B2 R D R F - 5
D' F2 U D2 F2 L' F' R' D' B' U' R2 D2 R F2 R L F2 R U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
56 competitors- Aditya Pathania
- Akash Rupela
- Aman Singh
- Anirudh Aggarwal
- Anurag Verma
- Arvapally Sai Kiran
- Aryan Sharma
- Ayush Aggarwal
- Bishal Poddar
- Chirag Aggarwal
- Dhruv Arora
- Divya Pratap Singh
- Ekansh Singh
- Garvit Madaan
- Hardik Nanda
- Harkaran Singh
- Harshit Uday
- Ishaan Sharma
- Jatin
- Jatin Kumar Pawar
- Karthik Sanugula
- Kartikeya Lohan
- Komalpreet Kaur
- Lovin Raghava
- Manya Nanda
- Mohammed Viqhar
- Mohit Mishra
- Navjeet Lohan
- Navkaran Handa
- Niharika Pasrija
- Nishant Samadhar
- Piyush Bansal
- Pragya Mahajan
- Pranav Bansal
- Pranav Goel
- Pranav Harzai
- Raghav Bansal
- Raushan Kumar
- Rishab Batra
- Rohan Sethi
- Sahibpreet Singh
- Sahil Madnani
- Saket Malhotra
- Saksham Goswami
- Sehajdeep Singh
- Shalesh Shekhar
- Shivam Verma
- Sumit Malik
- Swastik Joshi
- Tamanna Pasrija
- Tanav Malhotra
- Tarak Jain
- Tejinder Singh
- Tuhina Sidana
- Vamika Goyal
- Vasu Arora
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.