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Cubing Heat Raipur 2025

Raipur, Chhattisgarh · 31 May 2025 · 10 events · 36 competitors · 49 personal bests

Gaurav Kumar won five of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Gaurav Kumar by 0.17 seconds. 36 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ronak Das Pattnaik took a Pyraminx single of 10.35 down to 3.54, 66 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Gaurav Kumar — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.17s
closest final — Skewb, Gaurav Kumar over Dev Kumar Sahu
49
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Rahul Dutta8.638.83
2×2Gaurav Kumar1.672.40
4×4Ghanshyam Sahu36.7140.04
5×5Rahul Dutta1:12.141:15.81
3×3 blindfoldedGaurav Bachani1:03.75
3×3 one-handedGaurav Kumar14.5517.55
ClockAyser Alam Khan8.128.41
MegaminxGaurav Kumar1:16.061:23.02
PyraminxGaurav Kumar3.353.96
SkewbGaurav Kumar4.455.30

The PB harvest

49 set · 43 still standing
  • Meet Munjwani — 3×3 single 8.12: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Aditya Mishra — 3×3 single 8.31: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Ronak Das Pattnaik — Pyraminx single 3.54: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Gaurav Kumar — 3×3 one-handed single 14.55: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Ghanshyam Sahu — 4×4 single 36.71: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Dev Kumar Sahu — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Bhavesh Sonwani — 3×3 single 10.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Aditya Mishra — 5×5 single 1:08.57: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

36 competitors · 273 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. Rahul Dutta won it with a 8.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1D R' B2 L' F2 L2 B2 D2 L B2 F2 R2 D R' U2 B' R F2 U
  2. 2F' D' R F U2 L U' R2 F2 U' R U2 D2 F2 R2 L2 B U2 B2 D2
  3. 3R' F' L' B2 D' F R F' L2 F R F' U2 F2 B R2 L2 D2
  4. 4D R' D U L2 F2 U L2 B2 D' R' B F R2 B' R B D' U
  5. 5R' F R2 L2 U R D2 L' U' L2 U2 D2 F2 U B2 L2 D R' U2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.