Competitions · India

IISER Pune October Heat 2026

Pune, Maharashtra · 10 October 2026 · 6 events · 82 competitors · 43 personal bests

Shrivatsa Patil won the 3×3 with a 7.04 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Shrivatsa Patil by 0.18 seconds. 82 competitors produced 43 personal bests, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sutej Sucheendran took a Square-1 single of 1:17.24 down to 27.97, 64 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.18s

closest final — 3×3, Shrivatsa Patil over Shubham Maharana

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shrivatsa Patil	6.42	7.04
2×2	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.23	1.44
4×4	Shubham Maharana	30.17	33.82
3×3 blindfolded	Dhruv Ambastha	19.48	—
3×3 one-handed	Pranav Gadge	8.68	9.90
Square-1	Pranav Dandgaval	7.97	10.88

The PB harvest

43 set · 43 still standing

Advay Sant — 2×2 single 0.81: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Prayan Laddha — 3×3 single 6.57: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Trishan Gupta — 4×4 single 29.00: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Mohit Lulla — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Alina Shaikh — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Anjor Ghule — 4×4 single 33.51: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.81: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Hrim Thute — 3×3 single 10.83: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

82 competitors · 284 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. Shrivatsa Patil won it with a 7.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.