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VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013

Vellore, Tamil Nadu · 28 September 2013 · 10 events · 97 competitors · 131 personal bests

Bhargav Narasimhan won three of the ten events (4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kesava Kirupa by 0.26 seconds. 97 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bhargav Narasimhan set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 16.49.

Three wins

Bhargav Narasimhan — 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.26s

closest final — 3×3, Kesava Kirupa over Nithin Babu

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kesava Kirupa	11.61	12.18
2×2	Nithin Babu	1.69	3.10
4×4	Bhargav Narasimhan	48.82	57.13
5×5	Nithin Babu	1:43.94	1:55.93
3×3 blindfolded	Bhargav Narasimhan	2:01.66	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ashwin Ramesh	37 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Bhargav Narasimhan	14.75	16.80
Megaminx	Ashwin Ramesh	1:14.83	1:24.28
Pyraminx	Ashwin Ramesh	4.80	6.43
3×3 Multi-Blind	Vikram Mada	3 of 4 cubes · 35:06	—

The PB harvest

131 set · 23 still standing

Sundar Ram — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Mahedhar Venkatesh — 3×3 single 14.61: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
Vishal Balaji — 2×2 single 3.76: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Krishna Kanakaraj — Pyraminx single 7.01: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
Aditya Kumar — 2×2 single 4.50: into the top 32.9% of the event's history.
Aditya Kumar — 3×3 single 18.13: into the top 34.5% of the event's history.
Ashwin Ramesh — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 37 moves: into the top 37.3% of the event's history.
Amogh Umesh — 3×3 single 19.07: into the top 37.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 489 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

97 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.