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Competitions · India

Shaastra Cube Open 2019

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 5 January 2019 · 9 events · 115 competitors · 128 personal bests

Vijay Kishore won the 3×3 with a 8.53 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nithin Babu by 0.76 seconds. 115 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adithyaa Anand set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 22.19.

9
events decided
0.76s
closest final — 2×2, Nithin Babu over Nitin Nathan
128
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vijay Kishore8.358.53
2×2Nithin Babu1.822.12
3×3 blindfoldedSukesh Kumar1:21.12—
3×3 Fewest MovesAkula Pavan Kumar35 moves—
3×3 one-handedOmkar Chavan12.0113.16
PyraminxEmmanuel Rajapandian1.732.74
SkewbHariharan Sachidanandam2.393.43
Square-1Kunaal Parekh12.9418.81
3×3 with feetAdithyaa Anand22.1928.59

The PB harvest

128 set · 50 still standing
  • Daniel Koilpillai — Pyraminx single 2.02: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Omkar Chavan — 3×3 one-handed single 11.84: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Rakesh M. Vaideeswaran — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Adhruth Ganesh — Skewb single 3.03: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • R S Sreevathsan — Skewb single 3.22: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Rahul Chandrasekar — 3×3 single 10.77: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Ignatius Pereira — 3×3 single 11.31: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Ignatius Pereira — 3×3 one-handed single 16.77: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 531 results · 9 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Vijay Kishore won it with a 8.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1F2 L2 R2 D' L2 U F2 D2 L2 R2 F' R D2 R2 U' L F' D R2 U'
  2. 2F2 D F2 L2 B2 F2 U2 F2 D L' D2 R' U B' D R F D2 L' R2
  3. 3U F2 U D F' U R' L' B R2 D' F' D2 R2 B2 R2 B2 D2 R2 F'
  4. 4B' L' U F' B' U2 L F2 U2 L' F B D2 B U2 D2 B' L2 F2
  5. 5R2 F2 D' L U' B' U B R' D' L' F' L2 U2 F' B' U2 D2 F

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.