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VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016

Vellore, Tamil Nadu · 24 September 2016 · 10 events · 55 competitors · 70 personal bests

Anish Rajesh won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Vijay Kishore by 1.09 seconds. 55 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 18 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: 12.85.

Three wins
Anish Rajesh — 2×2, 4×4, Skewb
1.09s
closest final — 3×3, Vijay Kishore over Bhargav Narasimhan
70
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vijay Kishore7.969.57
2×2Anish Rajesh2.173.10
4×4Anish Rajesh31.2037.61
3×3 blindfoldedHari Anirudh37.88
3×3 one-handedBhargav Narasimhan11.0512.85
ClockRagavan Ravi12.9714.46
MegaminxBhargav Narasimhan59.631:01.05
PyraminxSubash Karnan4.065.09
SkewbAnish Rajesh4.014.92
Square-1Karthikeyan Eswaran15.6521.17

The PB harvest

70 set · 22 still standing
  • Pranav Raaghav — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Vishnu Jayan — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Pranav Raaghav — Megaminx single 1:00.22: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Pranav Raaghav — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Ragavan Ravi — Megaminx single 1:03.91: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Deepshika Narasimhan — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Pranav Moram — 2×2 single 3.56: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
  • Yaswant Narayan — 2×2 single 3.81: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 327 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

55 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.