Competitions · India
Bengal Cube Open 2026
Howrah, West Bengal · 19 September 2026 · 13 events · 44 competitors · 82 personal bests
Sukant Koul won five of the 13 events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) by 0.53 seconds. 44 competitors produced 82 personal bests, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Shreyans Sarkar took a 4×4 single of 2:13.02 down to 1:12.44, 46 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) | 8.65 | 9.58 |
| 2×2 | Sukant Koul | 2.23 | 2.59 |
| 4×4 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 28.85 | 30.86 |
| 5×5 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 45.31 | 50.01 |
| 6×6 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 1:27.74 | 1:29.95 |
| 7×7 | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 2:09.44 | 2:20.54 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Sukant Koul | 22.02 | 25.45 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 9.66 | 13.47 |
| Clock | Yuvraj Agarwal | 4.87 | 5.67 |
| Megaminx | Sukant Koul | 41.70 | 44.90 |
| Pyraminx | Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) | 2.20 | 3.31 |
| Skewb | Sukant Koul | 3.57 | 3.96 |
| Square-1 | Sukant Koul | 8.97 | 9.51 |
The PB harvest
82 set · 82 still standing- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — 3×3 one-handed single 9.66: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
- Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) — 3×3 single 7.69: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
- Advit Srivastava — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
- Yuvraj Agarwal — Clock single 4.87: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
- Nishad Khade — 3×3 single 9.21: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
- Akshaj Gupta — 3×3 single 9.29: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
- Advit Srivastava — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
- Akshaj Gupta — Skewb single 3.28: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 20,074 people who made their debut in 2026. 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
44 competitors · 365 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. Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) won it with a 9.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B2 L B' U B' U2 F2 B R' U L2 F2 R2 D' R2 U2 B2 L2 F - 2
R2 B U2 B2 L2 B2 D' U' L2 D F L' U' B R2 D B' U2 - 3
L2 B R2 F B U' L' B' R2 U B2 D' R2 F2 U D2 L U' - 4
B2 R2 B' R F2 U2 R2 D L2 D' R2 U F L2 D2 F2 D U' B' - 5
D' L' U' D' L D F R' F2 R B D2 R2 D2 B D2 B' D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
44 competitors- Aadrik Ghosh
- Abhiraj Das
- Aditya Dalmia
- Aditya Dey
- Advit Srivastava
- Aishik Saha
- Akshaj Gupta
- Akshit Jaiswal
- Anivesh Sahu
- Arghadeep Mukherjee
- Aryan Nigam
- Asmik Tanush
- Ayushman Debnath
- Bisakh Ghosh
- Debaditya Ghosh
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka
- Ishaan Chowdhury
- Junaid Ekhlaque
- Md Amaan
- Mukul Das (मुकुल दास)
- Nirnoy Barma
- Nishad Khade
- Piyush Sinha
- Prithwish Pal
- Ranjiv Ranjan Kumar Sinha
- Rupam Das (रूपम दास)
- Sagar Nayak
- Samriddhi Samanta
- Sayak Bose
- Shresth Singh
- Shreyan Sardar
- Shreyans Sarkar
- Shreyas Chaturvedi
- Shrihan Singh
- Siddhartha Samanta
- Soubhagya Lahiri
- Sougata Giri
- Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ)
- Sri Ranga Sai Charan Sanga
- Srijit Banik
- Sukant Koul
- Sushant Shah
- Yug Ashish Prabhu
- Yuvraj Agarwal
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.