Competitions · India

Techfest Cube Mania 2013

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 3 January 2013 · 11 events · 80 competitors · 110 personal bests

Dharmesh Shahu won three of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ayush Kumar by 0.09 seconds. 80 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gaurav Taneja set the 5×5 single national record: 1:32.59.

Three wins

Dharmesh Shahu — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Ayush Kumar over Dhanayush Raninga

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dharmesh Shahu	10.71	11.94
2×2	Ayush Kumar	4.31	4.43
4×4	Akash Rupela	50.08	53.75
5×5	Gaurav Taneja	1:32.59	1:41.80
6×6	Akash Rupela	3:50.25	3:57.90
7×7	Gaurav Taneja	6:10.09	6:38.13
3×3 blindfolded	Dharmesh Shahu	2:13.05	—
3×3 one-handed	Dharmesh Shahu	18.30	20.90
Megaminx	Sumit Sarkar	1:45.83	2:00.31
Pyraminx	Bhanu Savan Kodam	4.83	6.09
Square-1	Gaurav Taneja	36.30	37.65

The PB harvest

110 set · 12 still standing

Prashant Swarnkar — 4×4 single 1:01.11: into the top 37.7% of the event's history.
Tejas Vaidya — Pyraminx single 9.98: into the top 52.9% of the event's history.
Raj Gala — 2×2 single 6.96: into the top 60.1% of the event's history.
Raj Gala — Pyraminx single 13.14: into the top 73.6% of the event's history.
Rakesh Kanwar — 3×3 single 49.17: into the top 85.4% of the event's history.
Shashwat Shetty — 3×3 single 56.63: into the top 90.0% of the event's history.
Simranjit Singh Vaid — 4×4 single 2:24.11: into the top 90.3% of the event's history.
Pratik Amit Doshi — 3×3 single 59.19: into the top 91.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 328 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

80 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.