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VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014

Vellore, Tamil Nadu · 26 September 2014 · 12 events · 76 competitors · 166 personal bests

Kesava Kirupa won two of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Abhishek Sathyanarayanan by 0.02 seconds. 76 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rohan Krishna set the Skewb single national record: 3.63.

Two wins
Kesava Kirupa — 3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves
0.02s
closest final — 4×4, Abhishek Sathyanarayanan over Nithin Babu
166
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kesava Kirupa9.4110.57
2×2Nithin Babu1.922.23
4×4Abhishek Sathyanarayanan39.2549.60
5×5Sukesh Subaharan1:29.741:34.60
3×3 blindfoldedShivam Bansal1:02.74
3×3 Fewest MovesKesava Kirupa35 moves
3×3 one-handedBhargav Narasimhan13.5315.84
MegaminxBhargav Narasimhan1:06.931:14.57
PyraminxShivam Bansal4.055.77
SkewbArunachaleshwaran Ramkumar4.175.31
3×3 Multi-BlindHari Anirudh8 of 11 cubes · 57:30
3×3 with feetAdithyaa Anand1:03.941:18.83

The PB harvest

166 set · 39 still standing
  • Kesava Kirupa — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Rakesh M. Vaideeswaran — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Ragavan Ravi — 3×3 single 10.24: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Rohan Krishna — Skewb single 3.63: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Siddharth Sriraman — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Vishal Balaji — 3×3 single 12.48: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • M Aashrit Krishna Sankaran — 3×3 single 13.31: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Ragavan Ravi — 3×3 one-handed single 22.56: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 603 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

76 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.