Competitions · India
BITS Pilani CubeStorm 2026
Pilani, Rajasthan · 22 August 2026 · 10 events · 50 competitors · 75 personal bests
Kunal Oak won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ishit Kumar by 0.07 seconds. 50 competitors produced 75 personal bests, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kunal Oak | 6.33 | 7.52 |
| 2×2 | Ishit Kumar | 2.48 | 2.80 |
| 4×4 | Kunal Oak | 26.88 | 29.58 |
| 5×5 | Kunal Oak | 49.43 | 50.43 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Saiyam Jain | 50.62 | 1:04.89 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Ojas Nimaje | 10.43 | 13.61 |
| Clock | Ishit Kumar | 3.12 | 3.66 |
| Pyraminx | Veenayak Bhola | 1.92 | 2.42 |
| Skewb | Ishit Kumar | 4.94 | 5.43 |
| Square-1 | Veenayak Bhola | 13.33 | 16.63 |
The PB harvest
75 set · 75 still standing- Kunal Oak — 3×3 single 5.46: into the top 0.23% of the event's history.
- Ojas Nimaje — 3×3 one-handed single 10.43: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
- Nihit Dhayal — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
- Manan Agrawal — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
- Ishit Kumar — Pyraminx single 3.00: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
- Atharva Sharma — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
- Ishit Kumar — 3×3 single 9.09: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
- Akash Malajpure — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
50 competitors · 419 results · 10 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 7.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U' L2 B2 D2 B' F2 R2 F' L2 F' D' R B2 F2 D L' D B' U - 2
D' U2 L2 B D2 R2 B2 L2 F L2 F' R' B2 F2 R' D' U' F2 R D' - 3
B2 D B' R2 B R2 B' L2 R2 U2 B' D' R' B' D' L R2 B2 - 4
F D L2 F R' D L F R F2 R2 L D2 B2 R U2 B2 L2 D' - 5
B R D2 B2 L F2 L2 R' B2 D2 F' R' B' L B2 D U2 B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
50 competitors- Aadit Patra
- Aarav Heliwal
- Aarav Makkar
- Aarush Sharan
- Aayush Bansal
- Abhinav Kamath
- Abhipsa Hazra
- Aditya Guru
- Akash Malajpure
- Amogh Gucchu Lalwani
- Ananthan Rajiv
- Anjanay Agarwal
- Anumalasetty Satya Sai Vishvesh
- Aprameya Panda
- Aryan Ambarishi Kadam
- Aryan Bhardwaj
- Aryan Malhotra
- Atharva Sharma
- Atiksh Aggarwal
- Dhruv Nirola
- Dhruv Rahul Pathak
- Hitesh Sharma
- Ishaan Vatus
- Ishit Kumar
- Kunal Oak
- M M Samarth
- Manan Agrawal
- Neev Kavish Sharma
- Nihit Dhayal
- Nirav Krishnakumar
- Ojas Nimaje
- Parth Gupta
- Paul Shreyas Amruthaluri
- Pradyumna Singhi
- Pranav Vasudevan
- Pratham Sharma
- Rampalli Aditya
- Ryan Varma
- Sahib Singh Suri
- Saiyam Jain
- Satvik Chirag Pandya
- Sehar Aggarwal
- Shourya Sinha
- Snehashish Chakravarti
- Surya Balan
- Tejas Prakash
- Vaibhav Sharma
- Veenayak Bhola
- Vidhur Easwar
- Yashwanth Sri Ranga Chalamala
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.