Competitions · India
Shaastra Open 2008
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 4 October 2008 · 7 events · 41 competitors · 17 personal bests
Bernett Orlando won five of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Karthik Puthraya by 0.25 seconds. 41 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A national record
Karthik Puthraya set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 2:14.14.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Bernett Orlando | 14.34 | 15.74 |
| 2×2 | Karthik Puthraya | 5.44 | 7.35 |
| 4×4 | Bernett Orlando | 1:00.50 | 1:04.42 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Karthik Puthraya | 2:14.88 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Bernett Orlando | 30.83 | 34.39 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Bernett Orlando | 4 of 5 cubes · 50:00 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) | Bernett Orlando | 4 of 5 cubes · 50:00 | — |
The PB harvest
17 set · 3 still standing- Karthik Puthraya — 3×3 single 13.81: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
- Karthik Puthraya — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:14.14: into the top 37.9% of the event's history.
- Karthik Puthraya — 3×3 one-handed single 29.38: into the top 45.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
4 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
41 competitors · 149 results · 7 events.
Everyone who competed
41 competitors- Abhijitharam Tadepalli
- Abhinit Lall
- Abhirami Senthilkumaran
- Aravind Natarajan
- Arun Hosgouda
- Atul Anand
- Avinash Lath
- Bernett Orlando
- Darshan Virupakshaiah
- Divya Baskar
- Frank Mervin
- Jayashree Wakalkar
- Jitendra Gehlot
- John Louis
- Karthik Puthraya
- Manu Koottalamanohar
- Mirnal Bhyrobhotta
- Nihar Settipalli
- Nikhil Mande
- Nikita Raja
- Pradeep Dhananjay
- Praveen Raj
- Rahul Surya
- Rajat Vadiraj Dwaraknath
- Rakesh Misra
- Ram Manohar
- Ranphoa Ngowa
- Ravi Teja
- Ravindran Maman
- Rishvanth Prabahar
- Roshan Sathya
- Sai Anirudh
- Shiva Radhakrishnan
- Siddharth Kominibanu
- Siva Shanmukh Vetcha
- Sivaraman Ramaswamy
- Sunil Chidarala
- Tejesh Kinariwala
- Udai Singh
- Vamsikrishna Gane
- Vishnu Vardhan
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.