Competitions · India
Delhi Summer Showdown 2026
New Delhi, Delhi · 19 July 2026 · 4 events · 59 competitors · 48 personal bests
Aryan Chhabra won the 3×3 with a 6.66 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Viraj Dhameja by 0.16 seconds. 59 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Nivaan Valecha took a 3×3 single of 29.93 down to 16.32, 45 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Aryan Chhabra | 5.38 | 6.66 |
| 2×2 | Viraj Dhameja | 1.59 | 2.22 |
| 4×4 | Aditya Bareja | 24.04 | 24.96 |
| 6×6 | Kunal Oak | 1:26.39 | 1:33.03 |
The PB harvest
48 set · 46 still standing- Rachit Dubey — 3×3 single 6.81: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
- Jai Sachdev — 3×3 single 6.97: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
- Aditya Bareja — 6×6 single 1:27.88: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
- Ayaan Kapur — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
- Ayaan Kapur — 3×3 single 8.19: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
- Ayaan Kapur — 4×4 single 31.18: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
- Prisha Aggarwal — 4×4 single 32.25: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
- Rishit Kholiwal — 3×3 single 9.22: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Seven 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
59 competitors · 236 results · 4 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. Aryan Chhabra won it with a 6.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B2 U B2 D F' L' U' L D2 R D F' L2 B L2 U2 F B2 - 2
D2 B2 F U' B2 D2 B2 U' R2 F2 R2 F2 D F R' F2 U F2 U' R2 - 3
U2 L2 B R2 F2 L2 B F D R F' R2 D' F' U' B L' U - 4
D' B2 R D F L' U' F2 U' R D2 F2 D2 L2 F B L2 B' R2 - 5
L F' R2 F' D2 R2 F' U2 L2 D L2 B U B2 L' D' R' F2 U'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
59 competitors- Aarav Valecha
- Aaryan Shah
- Abeer Roperia
- Abhijat Sahu
- Abhishek Thakur
- Abir Bhatia
- Aditya Bareja
- Akash Malajpure
- Ali R. Abbas
- Ammar Haider
- Anant Gadia
- Ananthan Rajiv
- Anjanay Agarwal
- Arghy Shravast
- Arnav Sinha
- Aryan Chhabra
- Aryan Malhotra
- Atiksh Sharma
- Ayaan Kapur
- Ayush Jaiswal
- Divyansh Mehta
- Gaurav Roy
- Harsh Verma
- Hridaan Makkar
- Hridan Bhatiani
- Hriday Nagpal
- Ishaan Vatus
- Jai Gulyani
- Jai Sachdev
- Kaarnik Jain
- Kiyansh Nandwani
- Kunal Oak
- Mahika Wadhwa
- Mannansh Kaloria
- Nian Dev Sharma
- Nikhil Lal
- Nivaan Valecha
- Pranay Verma
- Prisha Aggarwal
- R Sridharan
- Rachit Dubey
- Rameez Ahmed
- Rishit Kholiwal
- Sahil Ansari
- Saiyam Jain
- Shiv Dey
- Shivam Bansal
- Shubham Dubey
- Siddharth Maurya
- Snehashish Chakravarti
- Tanish Verma
- Tarun Dagar
- Tejus Yadav
- Veenayak Bhola
- Vihaan Dutt Dabral
- Viraj Dhameja
- Yuvraj Agarwal
- Yuvraj Singh
- Zubin Roy
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.