Competitions · India

Shaastra Cube Open 2014

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 4 January 2014 · 11 events · 203 competitors · 194 personal bests

Kesava Kirupa won two of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Kabyanil Talukdar by 0.18 seconds. 203 competitors produced 194 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 114 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Bhargav Narasimhan set the 3×3 one-handed single continental record: 9.52.

Two wins

Kesava Kirupa — 3×3, 4×4

0.18s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Kabyanil Talukdar over Vijay Kishore

194

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kesava Kirupa	10.71	12.28
2×2	Nithin Babu	2.24	3.43
4×4	Kesava Kirupa	46.49	50.04
5×5	Nithin Babu	1:35.70	1:45.74
3×3 blindfolded	Kabyanil Talukdar	1:21.49	—
3×3 one-handed	Kabyanil Talukdar	16.79	19.55
Megaminx	Ashwin Ramesh	57.84	1:09.28
Pyraminx	Swaminathan Chandrasekaran	5.86	6.76
Square-1	Nikhil Panju	15.84	21.38
4×4 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	17:21.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Vikram Mada	5 of 6 cubes · 51:58	—

The PB harvest

194 set · 43 still standing

Ashwin Ramesh — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Ashwin Ramesh — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Nithin Babu — Pyraminx single 5.19: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Nikhil Panju — Square-1 single 15.84: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Sundar Ram — 3×3 one-handed single 19.19: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Sudarshan Sampathkumar — 3×3 one-handed single 19.51: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Srinivasa Raghavan — 3×3 single 14.58: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
Sundar Ram — 4×4 single 50.15: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

114 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

203 competitors · 740 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

203 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.