Competitions · India

Polyhedra Open 2018

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 18 February 2018 · 6 events · 101 competitors · 78 personal bests

Alaik Bhatia won two of the six events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alaik Bhatia by 0.23 seconds. 101 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rishit Agarwal set the Pyraminx single national record: 10.70.

Two wins

Alaik Bhatia — 3×3, Square-1

0.23s

closest final — 3×3, Alaik Bhatia over Rushil Dalal

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alaik Bhatia	8.30	9.77
Clock	Kush Girap	6.36	7.79
Megaminx	Nikhil Soares	49.14	51.62
Pyraminx	Aniket Das	2.08	2.94
Skewb	Chetan Roger Dhanjal	2.79	3.21
Square-1	Alaik Bhatia	9.33	11.34

The PB harvest

78 set · 27 still standing

Aditya Mishra — Pyraminx single 4.26: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Pratik Poojary — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Alaik Bhatia — Megaminx single 1:23.28: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.
Sumit Mandlik — 3×3 single 15.36: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Aditya Mishra — 3×3 single 16.51: into the top 29.4% of the event's history.
Parth Badgujar — 3×3 single 20.03: into the top 40.0% of the event's history.
Triaksh Shah — Skewb single 7.95: into the top 40.9% of the event's history.
Rushil H. Jhaveri — 3×3 single 20.79: into the top 42.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

101 competitors · 309 results · 6 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 9.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.