Competitions · India

Pune Cube Open 2018

Pune, Maharashtra · 9 September 2018 · 6 events · 94 competitors · 108 personal bests

Nikhil Soares won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Advay Sant by 0.46 seconds. 94 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Neel Anil Shah took a Skewb single of 17.81 down to 7.02, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Nikhil Soares — 3×3, 4×4

0.46s

closest final — 2×2, Advay Sant over Rahul Kulkarni

108

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nikhil Soares	7.38	9.28
2×2	Advay Sant	1.44	1.83
4×4	Nikhil Soares	33.82	40.34
3×3 one-handed	Omkar Chavan	14.22	15.17
Pyraminx	Aniket Das	2.43	3.02
Skewb	Advay Sant	2.04	3.09

The PB harvest

108 set · 44 still standing

Vivek Shirke — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Rahul Kulkarni — 3×3 single 8.91: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Veer Ashok More — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Soham Chetan Shah — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Shubhayan Kabir — 3×3 one-handed single 15.34: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Chirag Seshu Jaladi — 3×3 one-handed single 16.42: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Saurabh Lingayat — 3×3 single 11.66: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Raj Bansode — 3×3 single 12.19: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

94 competitors · 410 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. Nikhil Soares won it with a 9.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.