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MathSoc Open 2016

New Delhi, Delhi · 27 February 2016 · 9 events · 71 competitors · 133 personal bests

Shubham Kumar won three of the nine events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Akash Rupela by 0.08 seconds. 71 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Saurabh Patra took a Skewb single of 20.99 down to 7.16, 66 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Shubham Kumar — 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.08s
closest final — 3×3, Akash Rupela over Abhay Agarwal
133
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Akash Rupela9.3510.44
2×2Shivam Bansal2.023.33
4×4Ujjawal Pabreja36.8347.70
5×5Shubham Kumar1:15.661:20.16
3×3 one-handedShubham Kumar14.4415.97
ClockRishabh Sanghavi10.0815.16
MegaminxShubham Kumar1:31.471:39.45
PyraminxSnehashish Chakravarti3.575.07
SkewbRishabh Sanghavi4.505.42

The PB harvest

133 set · 24 still standing
  • Ishan Bhardwaj — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Shubham Kumar — 3×3 single 8.99: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
  • Pranith Joshua Nimal — Pyraminx single 4.12: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Aryan Puri — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Rishabh Sanghavi — Pyraminx single 4.50: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Ishaan Jain — Skewb single 4.28: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Lalit Silwal — 3×3 single 12.18: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Shubham Kumar — Megaminx single 1:11.20: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

71 competitors · 501 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

71 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.