Competitions · India

Esplanade Cube Open 2026

Gurugram, Haryana · 23 May 2026 · 8 events · 79 competitors · 91 personal bests

Aditya Bareja won two of the eight events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ojas Nimaje by 0.11 seconds. 79 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 74 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ridhim Manik Grover took a 2×2 single of 8.43 down to 3.62, 57 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Aditya Bareja — 4×4, 5×5

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Ojas Nimaje over Shrey Relan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aryan Chhabra	5.93	7.60
2×2	Ojas Nimaje	1.69	2.46
4×4	Aditya Bareja	23.72	30.30
5×5	Aditya Bareja	49.50	49.92
3×3 one-handed	Hargun Singh Tikku	10.83	12.30
Clock	Aniket Ahuja	6.71	7.54
Megaminx	Arghy Shravast	35.22	41.35
Skewb	Prisha Aggarwal	2.81	3.47

The PB harvest

91 set · 74 still standing

Hargun Singh Tikku — 3×3 one-handed single 9.81: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Pranay Verma — 3×3 single 7.26: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Nikhil Lal — 3×3 single 7.31: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Aarav Sehgal — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Hargun Singh Tikku — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Ananthan Rajiv — 3×3 one-handed single 13.58: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Bhavya Kant Vikram — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ayaan Kapur — 3×3 one-handed single 13.97: into the top 6.0% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

79 competitors · 472 results · 8 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 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.