Competitions · India

VES Cube Open 2019

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 28 April 2019 · 6 events · 111 competitors · 78 personal bests

Aamir Saifee won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Aamir Saifee by 0.01 seconds. 111 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tanmay V. Phatak took a 2×2 single of 13.76 down to 3.20, 77 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Aamir Saifee — 3×3, 2×2

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Aamir Saifee over Nikhil Soares

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aamir Saifee	7.50	9.24
2×2	Aamir Saifee	1.02	1.93
3×3 blindfolded	Alaik Bhatia	1:16.82	—
3×3 one-handed	Nikhil Soares	14.41	16.29
Pyraminx	Nikhil Soares	3.19	3.57
Skewb	Prem Ved	4.25	4.53

The PB harvest

78 set · 38 still standing

Mandar Shukla — Pyraminx single 4.10: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Kaustubh Joshi — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Dev Hitesh Modi — 3×3 single 11.30: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Manyaman Naik — Pyraminx single 4.73: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Rishabh Agarwal — 3×3 single 11.76: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Faiz Shaikh — 3×3 single 11.80: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Kavish Kanani — 3×3 one-handed single 17.93: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Tanmay V. Phatak — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 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

111 competitors · 353 results · 6 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. Aamir Saifee won it with a 9.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R2 U R D B' D F' D2 B L' F L2 F2 R2 U2 L2 B' U2 R2 U2
2B2 U2 B U' R2 U' L2 U2 R B D F2 B2 D2 F2 L F2 L' B2
3D' U' L2 U' F2 U L2 B2 L2 B D2 R F2 U R U F' D2 F' R'
4L2 F2 L2 D2 F2 U F' L U' B D U2 L' U' R D' B' F2
5U' R2 U' B' R' U' D2 B2 R F' R F2 B2 R' B2 L' D2 B2 R'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.