Competitions · India
Bengal Cube Open 2025
Howrah, West Bengal · 20 December 2025 · 13 events · 49 competitors · 64 personal bests
Kunal Oak won four of the 13 events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Satya Bhavesh Gala by 0.30 seconds. 49 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Shreyans Sarkar took a 2×2 single of 8.03 down to 2.79, 65 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kunal Oak | 5.60 | 8.68 |
| 2×2 | Satya Bhavesh Gala | 1.21 | 1.89 |
| 4×4 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 27.26 | 28.94 |
| 5×5 | Kunal Oak | 45.20 | 50.06 |
| 6×6 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 1:30.42 | 1:33.20 |
| 7×7 | Kunal Oak | 2:11.07 | 2:26.98 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Farhan Aktar | 4:37.68 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Kunal Oak | 12.94 | 14.04 |
| Clock | Satya Bhavesh Gala | 5.21 | 6.27 |
| Megaminx | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 47.11 | 58.93 |
| Pyraminx | Satya Bhavesh Gala | 2.57 | 3.63 |
| Skewb | Satya Bhavesh Gala | 4.12 | 5.43 |
| Square-1 | Nishanth Meganathan | 13.64 | 14.00 |
The PB harvest
64 set · 40 still standing- Nishanth Meganathan — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Nishanth Meganathan — 4×4 single 29.67: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
- Nishanth Meganathan — 5×5 single 55.57: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
- Simran Hossain — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — Pyraminx single 3.26: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
- Amish Jena — 3×3 single 9.48: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
- Aryan Nigam — 4×4 single 35.08: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
- Vivaan Seal — 3×3 one-handed single 14.40: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 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
49 competitors · 344 results · 13 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. Kunal Oak won it with a 8.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R B2 D2 F2 D R2 F2 L2 D B' R D L B' U' B L F' R - 2
U' B' L B D2 B R2 B' F' L B' F' D2 F2 D' B2 U - 3
R' F D F' R2 B2 R' D2 L F2 D L2 U2 F' D2 R2 F' L2 B - 4
D B' D R2 F2 U F2 L2 D2 F2 B L U R D U2 B2 L R' - 5
F' R2 D' B2 L2 D2 U2 B' R2 U2 L2 F L U' F D' U2 R
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
49 competitors- Aarna Saha
- Aayush Mukherjee
- Abhiraj Das
- Aditya Debnath
- Aditya Dey
- Aditya Kumar Das
- Adrik Gangopadhyay
- Advit Srivastava
- Ahan Porwal
- Ahanti Pan
- Amish Jena
- Anish Vardhan Chatterjee
- Anubhav Mondal
- Aryan Nigam
- Asad Ali
- Ayush Ranjan
- Ayushman Debnath
- Baidurya Mitra Roy
- Bishwajeet Marandi
- Deep Jonathan Chatterjee
- Ditipriya Bhattacharya
- Farhan Aktar
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka
- Ishaan Biswas
- Junaid Ekhlaque
- Kunal Oak
- Md Hussain Gaziani
- Mitali Bobdey
- Moksh Sudeeip Sharma
- Mukul Das (मुकुल दास)
- Nischay Soni
- Nishanth Meganathan
- Priyanshu Raj
- Raj Ghosh
- Rupam Das (रूपम दास)
- Sagar Nayak
- Samriddha Halder
- Samriddhi Samanta
- Satya Bhavesh Gala
- Shresth Singh
- Shreyans Sarkar
- Shreyansh Kumar
- Siddhartha Samanta
- Simran Hossain
- Sougata Giri
- Souptik Ganguly
- Sriparna Mitra
- Swapna Kumar Arang
- Vivaan Seal
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.