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Competitions · India

SCMU 2017

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 1 September 2017 · 18 events · 262 competitors · 297 personal bests

Mats Valk won six of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aamir Saifee by 0.25 seconds. 262 competitors produced 297 personal bests, 105 of which still stand today, and 111 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anup Adhikari set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 48 moves.

Six wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves
0.25s
closest final — 2×2, Aamir Saifee over Mats Valk
297
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.957.31
2×2Aamir Saifee2.092.47
4×4Mats Valk26.0530.75
5×5Mats Valk46.8653.79
6×6Mats Valk1:58.102:02.48
7×7Mats Valk3:02.973:10.60
3×3 blindfoldedShivam Bansal41.24—
3×3 Fewest MovesMats Valk30 moves32.00
3×3 one-handedBhargav Narasimhan10.6212.81
ClockShivam Bansal11.3512.95
MegaminxNikhil Soares46.4448.69
PyraminxAniket Das3.113.72
SkewbChetan Roger Dhanjal2.753.38
Square-1Alaik Bhatia10.7812.61
4×4 blindfoldedAkash Malajpure——
5×5 blindfoldedShivam Bansal10:28.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindShivam Bansal39 of 44 cubes · 59:33—
3×3 with feetBhargav Narasimhan49.9852.91

The PB harvest

297 set · 105 still standing
  • Paarth Arora — Skewb single 1.98: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Paarth Arora — 2×2 single 1.59: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Bhavya Goyal — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Anup Adhikari — Skewb single 2.68: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Anup Adhikari — Pyraminx single 3.21: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Rahul Kulkarni — Skewb single 3.00: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Shantanu Awale — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Tushar Sattigeri — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

111 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

262 competitors · 1295 results · 18 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. Mats Valk won it with a 7.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

262 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.