Competitions · India

IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026

Pune, Maharashtra · 29 March 2026 · 6 events · 103 competitors · 103 personal bests

Aryan Chhabra won the 3×3 with a 7.39 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap by 0.44 seconds. 103 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 86 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Pranav Gadge set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 8.01.

events decided

0.44s

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

103

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aryan Chhabra	5.80	7.39
2×2	Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap	1.08	1.65
3×3 blindfolded	Dhruv Ambastha	16.71	21.22
3×3 one-handed	Pranav Gadge	6.88	8.01
Clock	Joshua Allen Mangalapallil	2.91	3.29
Pyraminx	Imaad Sohel Ajani	1.54	2.20

The PB harvest

103 set · 86 still standing

Joshua Allen Mangalapallil — Clock single 2.91: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Jay Nikhil Gadgil — 3×3 single 7.58: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Chinmay Shailesh Harhare — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Hrim Thute — 2×2 single 1.92: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Apurv Ajay Borawake — 3×3 single 8.87: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Akshaj Gupta — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Samihan Rajurkar — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Alina Shaikh — 3×3 single 9.39: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

103 competitors · 411 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. Aryan Chhabra won it with a 7.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.