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Competitions · India

Raipur Cube Championship 2018

Raipur, Chhattisgarh · 14 October 2018 · 6 events · 76 competitors · 63 personal bests

Ashwani Kumar Shivankar won four of the six events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Aditya Mishra by 0.01 seconds. 76 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kavya Gawri took a 3×3 single of 2:11.60 down to 51.10, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Ashwani Kumar Shivankar — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 3×3, Aditya Mishra over Ashwani Kumar Shivankar
63
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aditya Mishra11.0711.80
2×2Ashwani Kumar Shivankar2.903.82
4×4Ashwani Kumar Shivankar42.9144.63
5×5Ashwani Kumar Shivankar1:24.631:29.58
3×3 one-handedAshwani Kumar Shivankar14.5121.11
PyraminxChetan Kumar Patel3.645.09

The PB harvest

63 set · 30 still standing

First-timers

29 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

76 competitors · 261 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. Aditya Mishra won it with a 11.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.