Competitions · India

Shaastra Cube Open 2017

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 31 December 2016 · 11 events · 157 competitors · 174 personal bests

Anish Rajesh won four of the eleven events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Anish Rajesh by 0.07 seconds. 157 competitors produced 174 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 61 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anish Rajesh set the Skewb average national record: 3.39.

Four wins

Anish Rajesh — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Skewb

0.07s

closest final — Skewb, Anish Rajesh over Hariharan Sachidanandam

174

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kesava Kirupa	7.10	8.89
2×2	Anish Rajesh	2.69	2.91
4×4	Anish Rajesh	31.01	37.76
5×5	Anish Rajesh	1:00.47	1:00.85
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	41.63	—
3×3 one-handed	Kesava Kirupa	13.06	14.34
Megaminx	Bhargav Narasimhan	51.64	1:00.27
Pyraminx	Sachin Arvind	3.29	4.35
Skewb	Anish Rajesh	3.57	5.47
Square-1	Karthikeyan Eswaran	14.07	18.35
4×4 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	3:33.44	—

The PB harvest

174 set · 43 still standing

Hariharan Sachidanandam — Skewb single 1.87: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Subash Karnan — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Manoj Raghavendran — 3×3 single 10.19: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Pranav Raaghav — Skewb single 3.95: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Harish Ramesh Babu — 3×3 single 11.55: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Mohan Raj — 3×3 one-handed single 17.24: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Darun Jayavel — 3×3 one-handed single 17.37: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Karthikeyan Eswaran — 2×2 single 3.03: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

61 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

157 competitors · 805 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

157 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.