Competitions · India

Pavillion Cube Open 2023

Pune, Maharashtra · 20 May 2023 · 10 events · 180 competitors · 231 personal bests

Nikhil Soares won two of the ten events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nikhil Soares by 0.04 seconds. 180 competitors produced 231 personal bests, 95 of which still stand today, and 62 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aditya Y. Pathak set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 7.87.

Two wins

Nikhil Soares — 3×3, Megaminx

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Nikhil Soares over Shubham Maharana

231

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nikhil Soares	7.62	8.24
2×2	Arnav Adani	1.37	1.90
4×4	Siddhesh Pore	27.80	31.63
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	27.43	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	10.85	13.23
Clock	Neil Gour	4.56	5.32
Megaminx	Nikhil Soares	34.10	37.49
Pyraminx	Sumiran Maiskar	2.74	3.28
Skewb	Moksh Patel	3.25	4.47
Square-1	Pranav Dandgaval	8.98	13.14

The PB harvest

231 set · 95 still standing

Aditya Y. Pathak — 3×3 one-handed single 7.87: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Aarav Gandhi — 3×3 single 6.41: into the top 0.78% of the event's history.
Hasnain Reza Bilal — 3×3 one-handed single 10.05: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Eeshan Zele — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Aditya Arwind Gaikwad — Pyraminx single 2.68: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Aayush Jadhav — 3×3 single 8.80: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Anay Shrikar — 3×3 single 9.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Upendra Paranjpe — Pyraminx single 3.41: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

62 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

180 competitors · 1076 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 8.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

180 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.