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Competitions · India

National Cubing Region Open 2017

New Delhi, Delhi · 23 June 2017 · 18 events · 137 competitors · 249 personal bests

Shivam Bansal won four of the 18 events (6×6, 7×7, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Lakshay Modi by 0.21 seconds. 137 competitors produced 249 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adithyaa Anand set the 3×3 with feet average national record: 38.40.

Four wins
Shivam Bansal — 6×6, 7×7, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.21s
closest final — Clock, Lakshay Modi over Naman Jethani
249
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Abhay Agarwal8.849.42
2×2Arnav Arora1.492.12
4×4Chetan Roger Dhanjal30.9636.99
5×5Jeremy Singson1:08.261:09.53
6×6Shivam Bansal2:18.852:21.48
7×7Shivam Bansal3:23.773:34.86
3×3 blindfoldedHari Anirudh29.3130.65
3×3 Fewest MovesPrakhar Gupta26 moves32.67
3×3 one-handedShubham Kumar13.5914.56
ClockLakshay Modi8.2010.01
MegaminxPalaash Goel55.521:01.84
PyraminxNaman Jethani3.013.24
SkewbChetan Roger Dhanjal2.803.75
Square-1Lakshay Modi9.5111.51
4×4 blindfoldedHari Anirudh2:50.82—
5×5 blindfoldedShivam Bansal10:02.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindShivam Bansal39 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00—
3×3 with feetAdithyaa Anand35.2438.40

The PB harvest

249 set · 63 still standing
  • Prakhar Gupta — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Shreyas Trehan — 3×3 single 10.98: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Ishaan Bhattacharyya — 3×3 single 11.02: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Palaash Goel — 3×3 one-handed single 16.33: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Prabhav Chauhan — 3×3 single 11.80: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
  • Devangad Singh Bhullar — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Lakshay Modi — 3×3 single 12.36: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Aayush Raghav — 3×3 single 12.94: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

137 competitors · 1086 results · 18 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. Abhay Agarwal won it with a 9.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

137 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.