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Competitions · India

Oculus Cube Open 2019

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 19 January 2019 · 10 events · 131 competitors · 158 personal bests

Aman Bhutani won two of the ten events (5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Aman Bhutani by 0.10 seconds. 131 competitors produced 158 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Advay Sant set the 2×2 average continental record: 1.31.

Two wins
Aman Bhutani — 5×5, 6×6
0.10s
closest final — 6×6, Aman Bhutani over Alaik Bhatia
158
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nikhil Soares8.149.12
2×2Advay Sant0.971.31
4×4Aamir Saifee35.3838.62
5×5Aman Bhutani1:04.571:09.35
6×6Aman Bhutani2:31.452:36.35
7×7Aarav Gandhi3:21.443:40.47
3×3 one-handedBhargav Narasimhan10.8513.34
PyraminxAniket Das1.982.63
SkewbAniket Das3.183.62
3×3 with feetMohammed Aiman Koli24.2027.11

The PB harvest

158 set · 55 still standing
  • Nikhil Soares — 2×2 single 0.66: into the top 0.081% of the event's history.
  • Nikhil Date — 3×3 single 9.55: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Shaumik Kanvinde — 3×3 single 9.74: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Advait Pai — 3×3 one-handed single 15.62: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Advait Pai — Skewb single 3.91: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Devangad Singh Bhullar — 3×3 single 11.12: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Aditya Vaswani — Skewb single 4.18: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Siddarth Sivakumar — 3×3 single 12.53: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

131 competitors · 817 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. Nikhil Soares won it with a 9.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

131 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.