Competitions · India

Shaastra Cube Open 2018

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 6 January 2018 · 10 events · 128 competitors · 178 personal bests

Anish Rajesh won two of the ten events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ramesh Vidyasagar by 0.02 seconds. 128 competitors produced 178 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anish Rajesh set the 5×5 single national record: 52.30.

Two wins

Anish Rajesh — 4×4, 5×5

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Ramesh Vidyasagar over Anish Rajesh

178

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Vijay Kishore	7.18	8.11
2×2	Ramesh Vidyasagar	1.64	2.41
4×4	Anish Rajesh	30.50	34.62
5×5	Anish Rajesh	52.30	57.25
3×3 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	34.79	—
3×3 one-handed	Kunaal Parekh	13.94	15.15
Clock	Saravanan Gowthaman	8.07	10.29
Megaminx	Pranav Raaghav	1:05.78	1:08.85
Pyraminx	Joshua Koilpillai	2.63	2.95
Square-1	Kunaal Parekh	10.66	18.63

The PB harvest

178 set · 52 still standing

Ramesh Vidyasagar — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Arjun Paranthaman — Pyraminx single 3.23: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Akash Reddy — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Akash Reddy — 3×3 single 9.82: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Adhruth Ganesh — 3×3 single 9.99: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Sanjay Krishnan — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Joshua Koilpillai — 4×4 single 36.54: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Aravind Ilango — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

128 competitors · 548 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

128 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.