Competitions · India

mcubes Winter Open 2022

Alappuzha, Kerala · 26 November 2022 · 9 events · 71 competitors · 83 personal bests

Saseeth Srilok Majeti won two of the nine events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Saseeth Srilok Majeti by 0.50 seconds. 71 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ilan Muhammad Ayinikkool took a 2×2 single of 26.67 down to 5.95, 78 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Saseeth Srilok Majeti — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.50s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Saseeth Srilok Majeti over Aswin Raj

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aswin Raj	8.14	8.69
2×2	Neil Gour	3.13	3.31
4×4	Saseeth Srilok Majeti	33.76	37.09
5×5	Piyush Passi	1:06.45	1:10.01
3×3 blindfolded	Sulaiman Mohammed Kabeer	1:40.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Saseeth Srilok Majeti	12.51	13.85
Clock	Aarush Vasanadu	5.66	6.89
Pyraminx	Aarush Vasanadu	4.40	6.27
Skewb	Vishesh Shetty	3.93	4.93

The PB harvest

83 set · 26 still standing

Aswin Raj — 3×3 one-handed single 11.71: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Ramanathan Venkatachalam — 3×3 single 10.25: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Safvan Kadannam Potta — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Pranav Suresh — 2×2 single 2.83: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Gobu C. Babu — 4×4 single 42.50: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Sidharth Sajith — 3×3 single 13.00: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Dhakshana Vel — 2×2 single 3.53: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Elvin Lijo — Pyraminx single 6.09: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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 · 359 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. Aswin Raj won it with a 8.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

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.