Competitions · India
Galgotias Cube Open 2026
Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · 19 September 2026 · 8 events · 34 competitors · 31 personal bests
Kunal Oak won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kunal Oak by 0.16 seconds. 34 competitors produced 31 personal bests, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Abhipsa Hazra took a Clock single of 50.22 down to 14.39, 71 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kunal Oak | 6.89 | 7.55 |
| 2×2 | Shrey Relan | 1.22 | 2.48 |
| 4×4 | Kunal Oak | 25.43 | 28.54 |
| 5×5 | Kunal Oak | 47.97 | 51.09 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Ananthan Rajiv | 39.47 | — |
| Clock | Shrey Relan | 3.08 | 3.35 |
| Pyraminx | Snehashish Chakravarti | 3.41 | 3.68 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Saiyam Jain | 10 of 12 cubes · 53:00 | — |
The PB harvest
31 set · 31 still standing- Divye Kumar — 3×3 single 5.75: into the top 0.35% of the event's history.
- Ayaan Kapur — 2×2 single 0.94: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
- Divye Kumar — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
- Ayaan Kapur — 3×3 single 7.80: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
- Krishna Chadha — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
- Aryan Malhotra — Clock single 5.78: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
- Ananthan Rajiv — 3×3 blindfolded single 39.47: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
- Abhipsa Hazra — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 20,074 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
34 competitors · 252 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. Kunal Oak won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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L' D2 L R F2 R' D2 B2 F2 U L' B' D2 U' R2 D' B L U - 2
U' F U2 B2 U2 L2 B2 L' U2 L2 F2 D2 R' F' L' D L R B - 3
B2 L F2 R' U2 F2 D2 B2 F2 L' U' L2 R' B' L D' R2 U' R2 - 4
R2 U2 F2 D' R2 F2 U' F2 U' B2 R' U' F2 R F' R' B D' L' R - 5
U B2 U' L2 U L2 D2 F2 L2 F2 R2 L' B' R B2 D2 L2 U' F' R'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
34 competitors- Aarav Saxena
- Abhay Gupta
- Abhipsa Hazra
- Ananthan Rajiv
- Anjanay Agarwal
- Aryan Chhabra
- Aryan Malhotra
- Atharv Kaushik
- Atharva Nitin Mahajan
- Ayaan Kapur
- Ayaan Swing
- Chingmak Chang
- Divye Kumar
- Gaurav Kher
- Hridhaan Anand
- Ivaan Grover
- Jatin Lal
- Kavya Kaushal
- Komal Gupta
- Krishaang Phogat
- Krishna Chadha
- Kunal Oak
- Nian Dev Sharma
- R Sridharan
- Rameez Ahmed
- Saisha Mittal
- Saiyam Jain
- Samarth Oberoi
- Shrey Relan
- Snehashish Chakravarti
- Veydant Kher
- Vihaan Dutt Dabral
- Yuvraj Agarwal
- Zain Behzaad
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.