Competitions · India

Saraswati Open 2020

Raigad, Maharashtra · 23 February 2020 · 6 events · 78 competitors · 63 personal bests

Bhargav Narasimhan won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bhargav Narasimhan by 0.07 seconds. 78 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jennifer Gonsalves took a Skewb single of 29.94 down to 13.45, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Bhargav Narasimhan — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Bhargav Narasimhan over Nikhil Soares

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bhargav Narasimhan	7.03	8.85
2×2	Shubham Maharana	1.29	2.33
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	11.44	11.75
Megaminx	Nikhil Soares	43.13	44.75
Pyraminx	Nikhil Soares	2.42	3.01
Skewb	Moksh Patel	2.80	4.29

The PB harvest

63 set · 38 still standing

Alaik Bhatia — 3×3 single 6.38: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Aarin Manik — 3×3 one-handed single 11.56: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Jash Tejas Shah — Pyraminx single 3.20: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Harsh Purushottam Thorat — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Mohammed Aiman Koli — Megaminx single 51.67: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Jash Tejas Shah — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Alaik Bhatia — 3×3 one-handed single 16.53: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
James Gonsalves — Megaminx single 1:04.36: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

78 competitors · 295 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. Bhargav Narasimhan won it with a 8.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.