Competitions · India

IISER Pune October Heat 2025

Pune, Maharashtra · 5 October 2025 · 6 events · 68 competitors · 53 personal bests

Siddhesh Pore won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap by 0.09 seconds. 68 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pranav Gadge set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 9.11.

Two wins

Siddhesh Pore — 3×3, 4×4

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap over Shubham Maharana

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Siddhesh Pore	6.87	7.30
2×2	Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap	1.72	2.04
4×4	Siddhesh Pore	25.54	26.78
3×3 one-handed	Pranav Gadge	8.20	11.22
Pyraminx	Imaad Sohel Ajani	1.42	2.30
Square-1	Pranav Dandgaval	10.47	11.96

The PB harvest

53 set · 31 still standing

Aditya Y. Pathak — Square-1 single 9.06: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Arghadeep Mukherjee — 4×4 single 41.37: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Palash Gwalia — 3×3 one-handed single 17.74: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Bharat Iyer Kher — 2×2 single 3.19: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Avyukt Satarkar — 3×3 one-handed single 18.95: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Ojas Danekar — 2×2 single 3.59: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Rajveer Dharmadeep Gaikwad — 3×3 single 15.12: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
Avirat Sinha — 3×3 single 15.68: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 315 results · 6 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. Siddhesh Pore won it with a 7.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.