Competitions · India
Venice of the East Open 2018
Alappuzha, Kerala · 9 June 2018 · 7 events · 32 competitors · 34 personal bests
Jishnu Jeevan won three of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Jishnu Jeevan by 0.14 seconds. 32 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Siddharth Gopalakrishnan took a Pyraminx single of 13.07 down to 5.01, 62 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Allen John | 9.58 | 11.31 |
| 2×2 | Sidharth Thachilath Sudheer | 2.95 | 3.83 |
| 4×4 | Jishnu Jeevan | 40.11 | 47.83 |
| 5×5 | Jishnu Jeevan | 1:10.75 | 1:19.46 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Jishnu Jeevan | 1:14.62 | 1:37.54 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Allen John | 12.82 | 16.00 |
| Pyraminx | Sussan Renny | 4.41 | 4.72 |
The PB harvest
34 set · 9 still standing- Jishnu Jeevan — 3×3 one-handed single 12.23: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
- Anusanth Santhosh — Pyraminx single 4.59: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
- Adithya Benoy — 3×3 single 11.45: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
- Pranav Suresh — Pyraminx single 4.93: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
- Siddharth Gopalakrishnan — Pyraminx single 5.01: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
- Anusanth Santhosh — 3×3 one-handed single 17.81: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
- Adithya Benoy — 4×4 single 45.84: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
- Nikhil George — 5×5 single 1:20.50: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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
32 competitors · 158 results · 7 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. Allen John won it with a 11.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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D2 U2 L D2 L' F2 D2 L2 B2 R D' R' U' L2 U B L R U F - 2
U' L' U D2 L' F L2 D' B2 D2 F' U2 R' D2 B2 D2 F2 L2 B2 - 3
R U' B2 L2 U' B2 U F' R F' D2 B' R2 D2 R2 L2 B' U2 F' - 4
F2 B2 U R F U' F B R' U F' L2 F2 L2 D' B2 U L2 U2 L2 F2 - 5
F2 U F2 D R2 B2 U F' U L2 R B' R' F2 L2 D2 L F U'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
32 competitors- Aaryan Nair
- Adithya Benoy
- Advait P. Vasudevan
- Akshay Pradeep Kumar
- Allen John
- Anil Kumar
- Antony Jacob
- Anusanth Santhosh
- Arun Kattussery Pisharath
- Aswin Raj
- Carmel K. Thadathil
- Dakshin Vinod
- Daniel James
- Harishankar Anoop
- Jayalakshmi Manoj
- Jelin P. Paradayil
- Jishnu Jeevan
- Madhav M. Anish
- Madhav Mukesh
- Madhav Sreekumar
- Midhun Raj
- Nikhil George
- Nived Gopi
- Pranav Suresh
- Safvan Kadannam Potta
- Shahaz S. Hameed
- Siddharth Gopalakrishnan
- Sidharth Thachilath Sudheer
- Sneha Koodalingam
- Sucheth Cholayil Santhosh
- Sussan Renny
- Vaishnav Vipin
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.