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Competitions · India

SSN Cube Open 2022

Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu · 12 March 2022 · 5 events · 43 competitors · 30 personal bests

Vrishab Anurag Venkataraghavan won the 3×3 with a 9.26 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Viswath Kumaraa Kesavaraj by 0.45 seconds. 43 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arav Amar took a 3×3 single of 1:52.05 down to 24.69, 78 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.45s
closest final — Pyraminx, Viswath Kumaraa Kesavaraj over Mohamed Bilal
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vrishab Anurag Venkataraghavan7.339.26
2×2Shubham Maharana1.782.60
3×3 blindfoldedSulaiman Mohammed Kabeer1:44.03
3×3 one-handedSripad Sarma Katrapati11.6512.65
PyraminxViswath Kumaraa Kesavaraj2.703.14

The PB harvest

30 set · 4 still standing
  • Rahul Venkatesan — Pyraminx single 3.20: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Dhayaalan Raju — 3×3 one-handed single 29.80: into the top 46.2% of the event's history.
  • Arav Amar — 3×3 single 24.69: into the top 51.9% of the event's history.
  • Arav Amar — 2×2 single 6.48: into the top 55.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

43 competitors · 259 results · 5 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. Vrishab Anurag Venkataraghavan won it with a 9.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.