Competitions · India

Shaastra Cube Open 2016

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 23 January 2016 · 10 events · 162 competitors · 167 personal bests

Shivam Bansal won three of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nithin Babu by 0.11 seconds. 162 competitors produced 167 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nithin Babu set the 4×4 single national record: 31.28.

Three wins

Shivam Bansal — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Nithin Babu over Bhargav Narasimhan

167

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nithin Babu	8.11	9.56
2×2	Shivam Bansal	1.77	3.01
4×4	Nithin Babu	34.07	38.54
5×5	Anish Rajesh	1:04.48	1:09.73
3×3 blindfolded	Shivam Bansal	32.40	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	13.38	14.09
Megaminx	Bhargav Narasimhan	1:05.94	1:12.33
Pyraminx	Joshua Koilpillai	3.13	3.60
Skewb	Hariharan Sachidanandam	2.30	3.75
Square-1	Shivam Bansal	13.49	14.55

The PB harvest

167 set · 60 still standing

Kesava Kirupa — 3×3 single 6.56: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Bhargav Narasimhan — Pyraminx single 3.09: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Akash Rupela — Pyraminx single 3.36: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Hariharan Sachidanandam — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Aditya Hari — Pyraminx single 4.02: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Rohan Krishna — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Praveen Venkatesh — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Sundar Ram — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

162 competitors · 749 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

162 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.