Competitions · India

SCMU Freedom Open 2015

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 15 August 2015 · 12 events · 127 competitors · 164 personal bests

Aryan Kejriwal won four of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Aryan Kejriwal by 0.02 seconds. 127 competitors produced 164 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Neev Shah set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.36.

Four wins

Aryan Kejriwal — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Aryan Kejriwal over Shivam Bansal

164

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aryan Kejriwal	10.25	11.28
2×2	Pranav Jain	2.42	3.48
4×4	Aryan Kejriwal	37.71	40.20
5×5	Aryan Kejriwal	1:10.21	1:23.12
3×3 blindfolded	Shivam Bansal	39.47	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Nikhil Mande	33 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Aryan Kejriwal	15.72	20.07
Pyraminx	Shivam Bansal	3.46	3.93
Skewb	Chetan Roger Dhanjal	4.13	4.97
Square-1	Anant Pingle	18.24	21.21
3×3 Multi-Blind	Shivam Bansal	16 of 22 cubes · 58:19	—
3×3 with feet	Karan Kowshik	1:18.84	1:22.83

The PB harvest

164 set · 46 still standing

Neev Shah — Pyraminx single 2.36: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Jai Yadav — Pyraminx single 3.36: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Chetan Popli — Pyraminx single 4.19: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Pratham Waghmare — Pyraminx single 4.30: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Swarnim Sinha — 3×3 one-handed single 17.38: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Neev Shah — 3×3 single 12.34: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Nikhil Mande — Pyraminx single 5.52: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Rahul Rao — 2×2 single 3.81: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

127 competitors · 614 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

127 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.