Competitions · India

Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 10 August 2019 · 12 events · 182 competitors · 168 personal bests

Aamir Saifee won two of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Nikhil Soares by 0.01 seconds. 182 competitors produced 168 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 67 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohammed Aiman Koli set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 21.49.

Two wins

Aamir Saifee — 3×3, 2×2

0.01s

closest final — 4×4, Nikhil Soares over Alaik Bhatia

168

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aamir Saifee	8.70	8.88
2×2	Aamir Saifee	1.54	2.44
4×4	Nikhil Soares	37.67	38.10
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	31.67	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Alaik Bhatia	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	10.17	11.35
Megaminx	Nikhil Soares	38.47	40.14
Pyraminx	Aniket Das	2.30	3.08
Skewb	Paarth Arora	2.33	3.62
Square-1	Alaik Bhatia	8.29	13.81
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mohammed Aiman Koli	26 of 28 cubes · 59:02	—
3×3 with feet	Mohammed Aiman Koli	21.49	25.32

The PB harvest

168 set · 70 still standing

Aaryan Bhosale — Pyraminx single 2.68: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Hrishikesh Sawant — 3×3 single 8.05: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Purab Shah — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Abhishek A. Singal — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Paarth Arora — Pyraminx single 3.07: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Kush Girap — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Manan Joshi — 3×3 single 9.52: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Abhishek A. Singal — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

67 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

182 competitors · 906 results · 12 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. Aamir Saifee won it with a 8.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

182 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.