Competitions · India

Delhi Cube Challenge 2025

New Delhi, Delhi · 29 November 2025 · 7 events · 64 competitors · 58 personal bests

Sukant Koul won two of the seven events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Gaurav Kher by 0.41 seconds. 64 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Apoorv Kashyap took a 3×3 single of 1:07.17 down to 24.83, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Sukant Koul — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded

0.41s

closest final — 3×3, Gaurav Kher over Fouzan Zayn

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Gaurav Kher	6.93	7.56
2×2	Aniket Ahuja	1.14	1.76
3×3 blindfolded	Sukant Koul	21.40	—
3×3 one-handed	Fouzan Zayn	10.35	13.08
Clock	Shrey Relan	3.30	5.47
Pyraminx	Shrey Relan	3.07	3.55
4×4 blindfolded	Sukant Koul	2:25.72	—

The PB harvest

58 set · 24 still standing

Sukant Koul — Clock single 3.56: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Bhavya Jain — 3×3 single 8.72: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Tejas Garg — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Sukant Koul — 4×4 blindfolded single 2:25.72: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Ayaansh Mathur — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Bhavya Jain — Pyraminx single 3.57: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Pavithjot Singh — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Eklavya Goel — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

64 competitors · 295 results · 7 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. Gaurav Kher won it with a 7.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.