Competitions · India

HiLITE Cube Open 2026

Thrissur, Kerala · 12 September 2026 · 10 events · 66 competitors · 71 personal bests

Hari A. Deepak won two of the ten events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Aadhiran Thangarathan by 0.06 seconds. 66 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 64 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Joseph Thomas took a Pyraminx single of 12.76 down to 6.17, 52 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Hari A. Deepak — 3×3, Megaminx

0.06s

closest final — Clock, Aadhiran Thangarathan over Ritesh R Nair

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hari A. Deepak	5.95	6.73
2×2	Akhil Vikram	1.29	1.97
4×4	Akhil Vikram	29.70	34.34
5×5	Aadhiran Thangarathan	55.44	58.53
3×3 one-handed	Shubham Dubey	13.02	14.18
Clock	Aadhiran Thangarathan	7.74	8.22
Megaminx	Hari A. Deepak	47.53	50.37
Pyraminx	Muhammad Rayyan	2.76	3.81
Skewb	Ritesh R Nair	2.92	4.02
Square-1	Zaeem Abdullah Naseef (സഈം അബ്ദുല്ലാഹ് നസീഫ്)	13.86	15.57

The PB harvest

71 set · 64 still standing

Ojas Nimaje — 3×3 single 7.21: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Muhammad Shayan — Clock single 4.35: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Priyadarshan Krishnakumar — 3×3 one-handed single 12.34: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Sreehari J R — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Dhavin Subi — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Ethan Joseph Thomas — 3×3 single 9.28: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Mohamed Aarif — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Krishanth Thangarathan — 3×3 single 9.68: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 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

66 competitors · 366 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. Hari A. Deepak won it with a 6.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.