Competitions · India

Cube-a-thon Bengaluru 2026

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 25 October 2026 · 13 events · 77 competitors · 120 personal bests

Akshaansh Chilakapati won three of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kundan Shet by 0.13 seconds. 77 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 116 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Devarsh Koolath took a Megaminx single of 2:43.47 down to 1:03.02, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Akshaansh Chilakapati — 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded

0.13s

closest final — 3×3, Kundan Shet over Shashank Chandramouli

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kundan Shet	7.12	7.90
2×2	Ojas Nimaje	2.00	2.34
4×4	Aadhiran Thangarathan	26.43	30.90
5×5	Akshaansh Chilakapati	50.25	55.09
6×6	Akshaansh Chilakapati	1:41.04	1:43.84
7×7	Mikul Chanakya	2:29.79	2:36.92
3×3 blindfolded	Akshaansh Chilakapati	52.11	—
3×3 one-handed	Kundan Shet	9.45	12.65
Clock	Krishanth Thangarathan	6.08	7.02
Megaminx	Muhammad Rayyan	40.44	47.10
Pyraminx	Nirmal Reddy	2.56	2.77
Skewb	Muhammad Rayyan	3.00	4.22
Square-1	Rishikesh Kanakatte Muralimohan	12.14	14.29

The PB harvest

120 set · 116 still standing

Reuben John Kumar — Pyraminx single 1.90: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Nirmal Reddy — 3×3 single 7.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Tayyab Siraj — 3×3 single 7.75: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Akshaansh Chilakapati — Skewb single 2.50: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Devarsh Koolath — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Shashank Chandramouli — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Mikul Chanakya — Pyraminx single 3.63: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Aarav Shukla — Pyraminx single 3.77: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,926 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

77 competitors · 444 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

77 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.