Competitions · India

VDCA Winter Open 2019

Virudunagar, Tamil Nadu · 13 January 2019 · 4 events · 104 competitors · 106 personal bests

Saravanan Gowthaman won four of the four events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Saravanan Gowthaman by 0.42 seconds. 104 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nishith Vishnu took a 2×2 single of 52.19 down to 14.44, 72 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Saravanan Gowthaman — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.42s

closest final — 2×2, Saravanan Gowthaman over Santha Ruban

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Saravanan Gowthaman	9.47	10.95
2×2	Saravanan Gowthaman	3.08	3.61
Pyraminx	Saravanan Gowthaman	3.14	5.08
Skewb	Saravanan Gowthaman	3.34	4.79

The PB harvest

106 set · 71 still standing

Vikram Gopinath — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Sneha Koodalingam — Skewb single 5.50: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
Iniyan VN — Pyraminx single 6.82: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.
Pranaov Srikanth — 3×3 single 16.33: into the top 28.9% of the event's history.
Pranaov Srikanth — 2×2 single 4.73: into the top 35.9% of the event's history.
Rithvin Sundar — Pyraminx single 8.93: into the top 44.2% of the event's history.
Sharavinth Muthuramalingam — Pyraminx single 10.00: into the top 53.0% of the event's history.
Ajay Jayakumar — 2×2 single 7.03: into the top 60.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

104 competitors · 360 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

104 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.