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Competitions · India

Phoenix Cube Championship 2018

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 7 July 2018 · 10 events · 134 competitors · 161 personal bests

Chetan Roger Dhanjal won three of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alaik Bhatia by 0.31 seconds. 134 competitors produced 161 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chetan Roger Dhanjal set the Skewb single national record: 1.61.

Three wins
Chetan Roger Dhanjal — 4×4, 5×5, Skewb
0.31s
closest final — 3×3, Alaik Bhatia over Akash Rupela
161
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alaik Bhatia7.808.78
2×2Aamir Saifee1.482.15
4×4Chetan Roger Dhanjal34.5237.28
5×5Chetan Roger Dhanjal1:04.631:14.52
3×3 blindfoldedAbhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)46.22—
3×3 one-handedBhargav Narasimhan10.1412.22
PyraminxAniket Das2.352.84
SkewbChetan Roger Dhanjal2.833.72
Square-1Alaik Bhatia9.8110.56
3×3 with feetBhargav Narasimhan29.7839.10

The PB harvest

161 set · 49 still standing
  • Rahul Kulkarni — Pyraminx single 3.00: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Aseem Unmesh Joshi — Skewb single 3.06: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Mohit Lulla — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Rahul Kulkarni — Square-1 single 10.87: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Chirag Asrani — 3×3 one-handed single 15.05: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Mohit Lulla — Skewb single 3.64: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Shantanu Awale — 4×4 single 36.93: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Mohammed Aiman Koli — Skewb single 3.71: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

134 competitors · 820 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. Alaik Bhatia won it with a 8.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

134 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.