Competitions · India

Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023

New Delhi, Delhi · 17 February 2023 · 11 events · 85 competitors · 130 personal bests

Kunal Oak won four of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Aryan Chhabra by 0.43 seconds. 85 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aryan Chhabra set the 4×4 single national record: 24.50.

Four wins

Kunal Oak — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.43s

closest final — 3×3, Aryan Chhabra over Tanish Saxena

130

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aryan Chhabra	7.31	7.59
2×2	Divij Yadav	1.48	1.93
4×4	Kunal Oak	26.47	29.79
5×5	Kunal Oak	49.28	54.17
6×6	Kunal Oak	1:32.60	1:33.66
7×7	Kunal Oak	2:17.08	2:23.36
3×3 blindfolded	Saiyam Jain	1:01.72	—
Pyraminx	Naman Jethani	2.78	3.30
Skewb	Divij Yadav	2.22	3.66
4×4 blindfolded	Saiyam Jain	10:22.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Akshaansh Chilakapati	3 of 3 cubes · 20:38	—

The PB harvest

130 set · 51 still standing

Aryan Chhabra — 4×4 single 24.50: into the top 0.58% of the event's history.
Devansh Katyal — 3×3 single 7.34: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Vedaant Walia — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Sarthak Gupta — 3×3 single 9.18: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Naman Arora — 3×3 single 10.39: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Ruhaan Singh Arora — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Ruhaan Singh Arora — Pyraminx single 4.37: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Ruhaan Singh Arora — 3×3 single 10.82: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

85 competitors · 466 results · 11 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. Aryan Chhabra won it with a 7.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.