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Competitions · India

Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016

Pune, Maharashtra · 15 October 2016 · 9 events · 102 competitors · 89 personal bests

Chetan Roger Dhanjal won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Advay Sant by 0.29 seconds. 102 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 54 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anant Pingle set the Square-1 single national record: 8.74.

Three wins
Chetan Roger Dhanjal — 4×4, 5×5, Skewb
0.29s
closest final — 2×2, Advay Sant over Megh Deshmukh
89
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Pratham Waghmare10.5411.18
2×2Advay Sant2.443.17
4×4Chetan Roger Dhanjal44.4450.20
5×5Chetan Roger Dhanjal1:24.741:38.16
3×3 blindfoldedNikhil Mande1:14.21—
3×3 one-handedAdinath Durugkar15.0819.02
PyraminxAneesh Sawant3.494.74
SkewbChetan Roger Dhanjal3.054.35
Square-1Anant Pingle8.7414.40

The PB harvest

89 set · 17 still standing
  • Anant Pingle — Square-1 single 8.74: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Atharva Vadeyar — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Omkar Joshi — Pyraminx single 4.52: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Jainendra Jain — 3×3 single 11.88: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
  • Atharva Choudhari — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Atharva Choudhari — Pyraminx single 5.92: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
  • Varad Kale — 3×3 single 15.06: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Sanket Mudgalkar — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:36.03: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

54 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 513 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

102 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.