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Competitions · India

Raipur Cube Challenge 2017

Raipur, Chhattisgarh · 10 September 2017 · 5 events · 67 competitors · 19 personal bests

Ashwani Kumar Shivankar won the 3×3 with a 12.97 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aman Dhale by 0.11 seconds. 67 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mahipal Singh took a 2×2 single of 20.29 down to 6.16, 70 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Aman Dhale over Dakshansh Chawda
19
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ashwani Kumar Shivankar10.9612.97
2×2Aman Dhale5.305.90
4×4Nitesh Kumar Deshmukh1:01.431:07.72
3×3 one-handedKrishnam Raju Gadiraju18.1021.08
PyraminxChetan Kumar Patel5.689.35

The PB harvest

19 set · 5 still standing
  • Aditya Dey — 3×3 single 19.63: into the top 38.9% of the event's history.
  • Krishnam Raju Gadiraju — Pyraminx single 8.50: into the top 40.5% of the event's history.
  • Aditya Dey — 2×2 single 5.82: into the top 49.0% of the event's history.
  • Mahipal Singh — 2×2 single 6.16: into the top 52.5% of the event's history.
  • Mahipal Singh — 3×3 one-handed single 34.65: into the top 56.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

67 competitors · 259 results · 5 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. Ashwani Kumar Shivankar won it with a 12.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.