Competitions · Nepal

Nepal Open 2017

Jawalakhel, Lalitpur · 24 December 2017 · 10 events · 117 competitors · 106 personal bests

Anup Adhikari won three of the ten events (4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Samir Bikram Dhami by 0.40 seconds. 117 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Achyut Kayastha set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 3:12.04.

Three wins

Anup Adhikari — 4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.40s

closest final — 2×2, Samir Bikram Dhami over Rojan Raj Rajbhandari

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Surav Krishna Shrestha	10.63	11.45
2×2	Samir Bikram Dhami	3.48	3.93
4×4	Anup Adhikari	39.55	42.85
5×5	Ming Zheng (郑鸣)	1:29.22	1:33.46
3×3 blindfolded	Achyut Kayastha	3:12.04	—
3×3 one-handed	Avishek Prajapati	18.64	22.31
Megaminx	Avishek Prajapati	1:30.74	1:37.12
Pyraminx	Anup Adhikari	4.02	5.88
Skewb	Anup Adhikari	4.05	5.73
Square-1	Ming Zheng (郑鸣)	16.59	20.03

The PB harvest

106 set · 39 still standing

Manjil Karmacharya — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Sakar Gurubacharya — 3×3 single 12.05: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Sugam Baidya — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Avishek Prajapati — 3×3 one-handed single 18.64: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Achyut Kayastha — 4×4 single 44.78: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Sagar Kafle — 2×2 single 3.39: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Bibhushan Saakha — 2×2 single 3.50: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Aarambha Adhikari — 3×3 single 14.18: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 489 results · 10 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. Surav Krishna Shrestha won it with a 11.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.