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P3 Grand Open 2016

Hyderabad, Telangana · 3 December 2016 · 10 events · 70 competitors · 86 personal bests

Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rishikesh Joshi by 0.13 seconds. 70 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tarang Nadgeer took a 5×5 single of 10:48.00 down to 3:15.59, 70 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.13s
closest final — 2×2, Rishikesh Joshi over Pranav Ram
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna11.0913.23
2×2Rishikesh Joshi3.453.88
4×4Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna49.8153.77
5×5Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna1:30.301:34.69
3×3 blindfoldedVikram Mada2:14.60
3×3 Fewest MovesAkula Pavan Kumar37 moves
3×3 one-handedVelidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna16.2818.44
MegaminxAniketh Arya1:31.201:37.20
PyraminxSachin Arvind4.385.15
SkewbMadhav Singh5.487.81

The PB harvest

86 set · 23 still standing
  • Ankit Sharma — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Akshat Sharma — Skewb single 4.56: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
  • Nivas Harisimha — 3×3 single 12.58: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Gatku Gaurav Raj — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Shreyas Katta — 2×2 single 3.56: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
  • Rishikesh Joshi — 3×3 single 15.03: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
  • Pranav Ram — 4×4 single 52.78: into the top 28.1% of the event's history.
  • Gurram Kalyan — 3×3 single 16.14: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

70 competitors · 337 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. Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna won it with a 13.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.