Competitions · India

Indian Elite Championship 2026

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · 2 October 2026 · 12 events · 113 competitors · 152 personal bests

Aditya Bareja won two of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Viraj Dhameja by 0.03 seconds. 113 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 148 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Jeyanthan Nathushaan set the 7×7 single national record: 1:56.54.

Two wins

Aditya Bareja — 4×4, 5×5

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Viraj Dhameja over Kundan Shet

152

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Viraj Dhameja	6.44	7.42
2×2	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.08	1.61
4×4	Aditya Bareja	27.04	28.11
5×5	Aditya Bareja	47.00	49.13
6×6	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	1:22.45	1:26.49
7×7	Jeyanthan Nathushaan	1:58.09	2:04.12
3×3 one-handed	Fouzan Zayn	12.02	12.94
Clock	Ankit A	3.73	4.43
Megaminx	Arghy Shravast	38.87	39.88
Pyraminx	Imaad Sohel Ajani	1.96	2.59
Skewb	Prisha Aggarwal	1.60	2.38
Square-1	Yuvraj Agarwal	6.48	9.13

The PB harvest

152 set · 148 still standing

Shashvat D. Vagesh — 3×3 single 5.26: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Yuvraj Agarwal — Square-1 single 5.13: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar — 3×3 single 5.71: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Mayuranathan Krishnamoorthy — Pyraminx single 1.66: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Shubham Dubey — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Ritesh R Nair — Skewb single 1.84: into the top 1% of the event's history.
Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — 3×3 single 6.75: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Ojas Nimaje — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

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Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

113 competitors · 1020 results · 12 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. Viraj Dhameja won it with a 7.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 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.