Competitions · India

Pragyan Cube Open 2013

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu · 2 March 2013 · 11 events · 62 competitors · 62 personal bests

Bhargav Narasimhan won six of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bhargav Narasimhan by 1.10 seconds. 62 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bhargav Narasimhan set the Megaminx single national record: 1:18.84.

Six wins

Bhargav Narasimhan — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

1.10s

closest final — 2×2, Bhargav Narasimhan over Nikhil Mande

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bhargav Narasimhan	10.04	11.05
2×2	Bhargav Narasimhan	3.42	3.96
4×4	Bhargav Narasimhan	55.33	57.43
5×5	Bhargav Narasimhan	1:50.20	2:00.76
3×3 blindfolded	Nikhil Mande	1:19.11	1:32.84
3×3 Fewest Moves	Sudarshan Sampathkumar	38 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	15.31	17.97
Megaminx	Bhargav Narasimhan	1:18.84	1:28.50
Pyraminx	Swaminathan Chandrasekaran	6.91	8.42
Square-1	Nikhil Panju	23.65	28.49
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nikhil Mande	9 of 9 cubes · 46:49	—

The PB harvest

62 set · 13 still standing

Sudarshan Sampathkumar — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 38 moves: into the top 40.9% of the event's history.
Adit Naveen — 3×3 single 21.79: into the top 44.9% of the event's history.
Adit Naveen — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 40 moves: into the top 48.3% of the event's history.
Mathan Kumaran Vairavan — 3×3 single 23.77: into the top 49.8% of the event's history.
Goudam Muralitharan — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 46 moves: into the top 68.6% of the event's history.
Nachiappan Chokalingam — 2×2 single 10.32: into the top 79.2% of the event's history.
Mathan Kumaran Vairavan — 3×3 one-handed single 53.02: into the top 79.4% of the event's history.
Vivek Chandru — 3×3 blindfolded single 6:25.81: into the top 89.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

62 competitors · 245 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

62 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.