Competitions · India

Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017

New Delhi, Delhi · 4 November 2017 · 18 events · 120 competitors · 191 personal bests

Arnav Arora won five of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Arnav Arora by 0.03 seconds. 120 competitors produced 191 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aakash Mangla set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 33.87.

Five wins

Arnav Arora — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.03s

closest final — 4×4, Arnav Arora over Shivam Bansal

191

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arnav Arora	7.39	8.76
2×2	Arnav Arora	1.82	2.00
4×4	Arnav Arora	35.15	37.53
5×5	Shivam Bansal	1:06.31	1:08.57
6×6	Shivam Bansal	2:18.42	2:26.22
7×7	Shivam Bansal	3:25.78	3:41.92
3×3 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	29.05	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Amaan Syed	34 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Arnav Arora	13.24	14.30
Clock	Aryan Sehgal	7.80	8.30
Megaminx	Hari Anirudh	1:12.66	1:16.84
Pyraminx	Naman Jethani	2.35	3.54
Skewb	Mani Kumar	3.06	4.16
Square-1	Arnav Arora	12.25	13.90
4×4 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	3:21.33	—
5×5 blindfolded	Hari Anirudh	6:52.89	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Shivam Bansal	40 of 46 cubes · 1:00:02	—
3×3 with feet	Dhruv Arora	41.37	44.03

The PB harvest

191 set · 73 still standing

Snehashish Chakravarti — Pyraminx single 2.03: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Dhruv Arora — Pyraminx single 2.04: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Abhishrut Khanna — Pyraminx single 3.38: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Ronit Singh Rawat — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Anmol Bose — Pyraminx single 4.38: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Raghav Arora — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Saransh Tandon — 3×3 single 11.17: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Siddhant Ganguly — 3×3 single 11.39: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

120 competitors · 649 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

120 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.