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Competitions · India

Raipur Winter Cube Challenge 2018

Raipur, Chhattisgarh · 30 December 2018 · 6 events · 40 competitors · 31 personal bests

Chetan Kumar Patel won two of the six events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Chetan Kumar Patel by 0.11 seconds. 40 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Pankaj Nag took a Square-1 single of 1:27.03 down to 31.37, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Chetan Kumar Patel — 3×3, Pyraminx
0.11s
closest final — 3×3, Chetan Kumar Patel over Saravanan Gowthaman
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Chetan Kumar Patel11.1813.28
2×2Saravanan Gowthaman2.914.03
3×3 blindfoldedGaurav Bachani6:54.37
PyraminxChetan Kumar Patel3.784.61
SkewbSaravanan Gowthaman3.614.85
Square-1Raj Shekhar Singh13.6922.13

The PB harvest

31 set · 12 still standing
  • Saravanan Gowthaman — 3×3 single 7.15: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Shantanu Gupta — Pyraminx single 4.81: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Raj Shekhar Singh — Square-1 single 13.69: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
  • Shantanu Gupta — 2×2 single 3.34: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Pankaj Nag — 3×3 single 14.46: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.
  • Pankaj Nag — 2×2 single 4.01: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
  • Chetan Kumar Patel — Square-1 single 24.41: into the top 37.8% of the event's history.
  • Pankaj Nag — Pyraminx single 8.23: into the top 38.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

40 competitors · 185 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

40 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.