Competitions · India

Nexus Monsoon Open 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 25 June 2022 · 6 events · 114 competitors · 129 personal bests

Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj won the 3×3 with a 8.90 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Advay Kulkarni by 0.28 seconds. 114 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vrishank Manish took a 3×3 single of 1:40.92 down to 19.78, 80 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.28s

closest final — 2×2, Advay Kulkarni over Sundararajan

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj	7.83	8.90
2×2	Advay Kulkarni	2.48	2.73
4×4	Aditya Bareja	35.76	38.00
3×3 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	1:10.05	—
3×3 one-handed	Kunaal Parekh	13.57	14.81
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	2.38	3.65

The PB harvest

129 set · 38 still standing

Aarav Lad — Pyraminx single 2.91: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Mohammed Rayaan — Pyraminx single 2.95: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Asith Rao — 3×3 single 8.44: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Aniket Saju — 3×3 single 8.60: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Abhiram Narasimha — Pyraminx single 3.22: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Asith Rao — 4×4 single 32.86: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Asith Rao — 3×3 one-handed single 14.15: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Hari A. Deepak — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 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

114 competitors · 579 results · 6 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. Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj won it with a 8.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.