Competitions · India

MCC Cube Open 2023

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 19 March 2023 · 4 events · 99 competitors · 88 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won two of the four events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Varun Mohanraj by 0.21 seconds. 99 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Shubham Gusain took a 3×3 one-handed single of 2:06.65 down to 17.37, 86 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Varun Mohanraj — 3×3, 2×2

0.21s

closest final — 2×2, Varun Mohanraj over Naren Ramesh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	5.52	6.41
2×2	Varun Mohanraj	1.68	2.03
3×3 one-handed	Sujai Shakthivel	12.80	14.71
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	2.24	2.58

The PB harvest

88 set · 42 still standing

Ramcharan Bala — 3×3 single 8.85: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Rithish Subramanian Panchi — 3×3 single 8.87: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Ashvand Sathyajith — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Ashwin Narendran — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Aayush Sriram Bharadwaj — 3×3 one-handed single 15.11: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Gagan Saisaket Saranam — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Sibiyon Abraham — 3×3 single 11.12: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Shubham Gusain — 3×3 one-handed single 17.37: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

99 competitors · 332 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

99 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.