Competitions · India

mcubes Alleppey Open 2024

Alappuzha, Kerala · 3 August 2024 · 9 events · 52 competitors · 68 personal bests

Muhammad Rayyan won four of the nine events (2×2, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Allen John by 0.22 seconds. 52 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Shanie Kerstin K took a Skewb single of 17.72 down to 6.82, 62 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Muhammad Rayyan — 2×2, 4×4, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.22s

closest final — 3×3, Allen John over Muhammed Shehzad Khan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Allen John	7.81	9.50
2×2	Muhammad Rayyan	2.42	2.74
4×4	Muhammad Rayyan	33.71	40.01
3×3 blindfolded	Muhammed Ameen	55.48	—
3×3 one-handed	Allen John	11.52	14.09
Clock	Ritesh R Nair	6.79	8.14
Megaminx	Muhammad Rayyan	50.68	56.17
Pyraminx	Muhammad Rayyan	3.28	4.19
Skewb	Ritesh R Nair	2.79	4.00

The PB harvest

68 set · 22 still standing

Allen John — 3×3 one-handed single 10.80: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Allen John — 3×3 single 7.35: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Aryan D — 3×3 single 8.38: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Nived Gopi — 3×3 one-handed single 15.65: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Surya Hariprasad — Skewb single 4.57: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Harinandan Rajeev Padmasree — 3×3 one-handed single 20.14: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Aravind Vinod Pulakkat — 4×4 single 50.14: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
Evin Blued Abraham — 3×3 single 15.50: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

52 competitors · 291 results · 9 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. Allen John won it with a 9.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.