Competitions · India

Saraswati Open 2023

Raigad, Maharashtra · 25 February 2023 · 6 events · 91 competitors · 104 personal bests

Shubham Maharana won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Shubham Maharana by 0.31 seconds. 91 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ved Desai took a 2×2 single of 6.93 down to 1.07, 85 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Shubham Maharana — 3×3, 2×2

0.31s

closest final — 2×2, Shubham Maharana over Vandan Gohil

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shubham Maharana	6.64	7.71
2×2	Shubham Maharana	1.87	2.61
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	10.99	13.62
Clock	Neil Gour	5.07	5.87
Pyraminx	Aneesh Sawant	3.01	3.36
Square-1	Parth Chhugani	7.65	10.32

The PB harvest

104 set · 24 still standing

Ved Desai — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Vandan Gohil — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Harsh Maheshwari — 3×3 single 9.62: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Chinmay Dadhich — 3×3 single 11.07: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Avi Sushree Jayakrishnan — 3×3 single 11.16: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Aayush Jadhav — 3×3 one-handed single 17.03: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Arnav Bhagwat — Pyraminx single 5.57: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Siddhi Venkatesh — 3×3 single 13.01: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

91 competitors · 336 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. Shubham Maharana won it with a 7.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.