Competitions · India

Shaastra Cube Open 2015

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 3 January 2015 · 10 events · 191 competitors · 227 personal bests

Nithin Babu won two of the ten events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Bhargav Narasimhan by 0.37 seconds. 191 competitors produced 227 personal bests, 92 of which still stand today, and 86 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nithin Babu set the 4×4 single national record: 33.72.

Two wins

Nithin Babu — 2×2, 4×4

0.37s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Bhargav Narasimhan over Nithin Babu

227

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kesava Kirupa	8.62	9.84
2×2	Nithin Babu	2.08	2.97
4×4	Nithin Babu	37.27	40.82
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	54.08	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Nikhil Mande	30 moves	32.00
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	13.91	16.79
Pyraminx	Subash Karnan	3.61	5.40
Skewb	Anish Rajesh	3.89	4.56
Square-1	Rakesh M. Vaideeswaran	22.21	25.96
3×3 Multi-Blind	Vikram Mada	8 of 10 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

227 set · 92 still standing

Aakash Josh — Pyraminx single 3.32: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Arunachaleshwaran Ramkumar — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Kesava Kirupa — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Arunachaleshwaran Ramkumar — Skewb single 3.41: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Arunachaleshwaran Ramkumar — Pyraminx single 4.12: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Kavin Mukil — Skewb single 4.16: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Revanth Sharma Kollegala — Skewb single 4.52: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Praveen Venkatesh — Pyraminx single 5.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

86 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

191 competitors · 1017 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

191 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.