Competitions · India

VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 28 December 2018 · 14 events · 171 competitors · 232 personal bests

Alaik Bhatia won two of the 14 events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Aneesh Sawant by 0.12 seconds. 171 competitors produced 232 personal bests, 91 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ajay Bharat Chitroda took a Skewb single of 54.15 down to 10.83, 80 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Alaik Bhatia — 3×3, Square-1

0.12s

closest final — Pyraminx, Aneesh Sawant over Snehashish Chakravarti

232

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alaik Bhatia	7.18	8.92
2×2	Nikhil Soares	2.29	2.84
4×4	Chetan Roger Dhanjal	33.56	36.29
5×5	Shubham Kumar	1:01.74	1:08.04
6×6	Sheldon Rego	1:54.77	1:59.52
7×7	Sheldon Rego	3:01.53	3:05.63
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	33.87	47.77
3×3 one-handed	Shubham Kumar	12.86	13.63
Clock	Siddhi Venkatesh	5.11	6.91
Megaminx	Nikhil Soares	41.59	43.72
Pyraminx	Aneesh Sawant	3.20	4.04
Skewb	Chetan Roger Dhanjal	2.19	3.36
Square-1	Alaik Bhatia	9.04	11.48
3×3 with feet	Mohammed Aiman Koli	25.47	32.31

The PB harvest

232 set · 91 still standing

Chetan Roger Dhanjal — 3×3 single 7.16: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Shubham Kumar — 3×3 one-handed single 11.51: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Chetan Roger Dhanjal — Pyraminx single 2.76: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Aarav Gandhi — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Anand Vaidyanathan — Pyraminx single 3.47: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Samit Uttarkar — Square-1 single 10.87: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Aarsh Kunjam — 3×3 one-handed single 16.41: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Kavish Kanani — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 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

171 competitors · 976 results · 14 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. Alaik Bhatia won it with a 8.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

171 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.