Competitions · India
Telesis ICC Blindfold Open 2014
Hyderabad, Telangana · 29 March 2014 · 7 events · 26 competitors · 19 personal bests
Nikhil Mande won three of the seven events (3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Akula Sai Kumar by 8.47 seconds. 26 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A national record
Prashanth Rebala set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 15:49.00.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | Sunil Kumar Madikanti | 1:09.55 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Nikhil Mande | 35 moves | 38.33 |
| Megaminx | Akula Sai Kumar | 1:37.09 | 1:42.34 |
| Square-1 | Anant Pingle | 22.38 | 28.52 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Nikhil Mande | 6:36.66 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Prashanth Rebala | 15:49.00 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Nikhil Mande | 12 of 14 cubes · 50:30 | — |
The PB harvest
19 set · 9 still standing- Prashanth Rebala — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:21.89: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
- Prashanth Rebala — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 36 moves: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.
- Nikhil Mande — 4×4 blindfolded single 6:36.66: into the top 33.9% of the event's history.
- Vikram Mada — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 8 of 10 cubes · 54:32: into the top 34.1% of the event's history.
- Charan Varma — Megaminx single 2:26.43: into the top 59.5% of the event's history.
- Pulgurti Prateek — Megaminx single 3:06.93: into the top 76.7% of the event's history.
- Abhishek Sathyanarayanan — Square-1 single 55.83: into the top 80.9% of the event's history.
- Aishwarya Sai Ramesh — 3×3 blindfolded single 5:45.67: into the top 85.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
One person competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
2 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
26 competitors · 92 results · 7 events.
Everyone who competed
26 competitors- Abhishek Sathyanarayanan
- Adithya Kannan
- Aishwarya Sai Ramesh
- Akula Pavan Kumar
- Akula Sai Kumar
- Anant Pingle
- Charan Varma
- Dattatreya Chodavarapu
- Haneesh Raj
- Kanishkar Umapathy
- Kiran Simha
- Mohak Agrawal
- Nachiketh Desai
- Nikhil Mande
- Phani Srikar
- Pranav Ram
- Prashanth Rebala
- Pulgurti Prateek
- Serendeep Rudraraju
- Siva Shanmukh Vetcha
- Sree Thej
- Sunil Kumar Madikanti
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna
- Vikram Mada
- Vivek Prasad Mada
- Yashovardhan Shetty
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.