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Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 11 January 2025 · 13 events · 94 competitors · 85 personal bests

Dhruv Thirumalairajan won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Akhil Vikram by 0.02 seconds. 94 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sahas Darsh Miglani took a Clock single of 14.21 down to 5.37, 62 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Dhruv Thirumalairajan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Akhil Vikram over Shreyash Boddepalli

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Akhil Vikram	7.58	8.68
2×2	Ian Cantius Fredric	1.24	1.97
4×4	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	27.32	32.00
5×5	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	52.82	55.63
6×6	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	1:41.42	1:52.66
7×7	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	2:42.99	2:55.88
3×3 blindfolded	Anirudh Narasimhan	57.96	—
3×3 one-handed	Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ)	11.48	13.96
Clock	Sahas Darsh Miglani	5.37	7.01
Megaminx	Muhammad Rayyan	48.34	54.63
Pyraminx	Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ)	2.92	3.44
Skewb	Arun Krishnan	3.56	5.01
Square-1	Nishanth Meganathan	9.90	12.61

The PB harvest

85 set · 40 still standing

Shreyash Boddepalli — 2×2 single 1.35: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Aayush Sriram Bharadwaj — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Prashanth Swaminathan — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Lakshimi Rajaram — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Johan Peter — Square-1 single 9.79: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
N Ashwin — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Benedict — 3×3 single 10.15: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Nitin Ramasamy Arunagiri Nalini — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

94 competitors · 442 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

94 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.