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Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · 27 May 2023 · 10 events · 74 competitors · 93 personal bests

Kunaal Parekh won three of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்) by 0.23 seconds. 74 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vijay Raju Varkey took a 4×4 single of 1:49.65 down to 54.62, 50 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Kunaal Parekh — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.23s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்) over Mohamed Bilal

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kunaal Parekh	6.93	8.89
2×2	Sundararajan	1.95	2.47
4×4	Ashvand Sathyajith	35.51	38.83
6×6	Sujai Shakthivel	2:05.26	2:10.48
7×7	Sujai Shakthivel	2:46.69	2:52.49
3×3 one-handed	Kunaal Parekh	12.18	12.64
Megaminx	Etta Jaswanth Akhil	58.26	1:01.01
Pyraminx	Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்)	1.95	3.97
Skewb	Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்)	4.53	5.65
Square-1	Kunaal Parekh	12.86	15.84

The PB harvest

93 set · 34 still standing

Sreehari Ayiraram Narasinga Perumal — 3×3 single 6.64: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
Harish Raj Ponkumar — 3×3 single 7.72: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Sreehari Ayiraram Narasinga Perumal — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Etta Jaswanth Akhil — 3×3 single 8.96: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Harish Raj Ponkumar — Pyraminx single 3.34: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Sujai Shakthivel — Megaminx single 50.04: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Kunaal Parekh — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Vijay Raju Varkey — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

74 competitors · 436 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. Kunaal Parekh won it with a 8.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.