Competitions · India

Karnataka Cube Open April 2026

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 5 April 2026 · 4 events · 112 competitors · 95 personal bests

Akhil Vikram won the 3×3 with a 7.20 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Nirmal Reddy by 0.04 seconds. 112 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 83 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Shivansh Bhatia took a 2×2 single of 47.28 down to 11.19, 76 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.04s

closest final — Pyraminx, Nirmal Reddy over Akhil Vikram

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Akhil Vikram	6.80	7.20
2×2	Shriansh Deb	1.82	2.12
Pyraminx	Nirmal Reddy	2.72	3.45
Skewb	Anshul Badami Rao	3.90	4.59

The PB harvest

95 set · 83 still standing

Akhil Vikram — Pyraminx single 1.85: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Nirmal Reddy — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Nirmal Reddy — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Pranay — Pyraminx single 2.62: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Pranay — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Tayyab Siraj — 3×3 single 8.07: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Gautham Unnikrishnan — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Varnika Sri Palli — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

112 competitors · 414 results · 4 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. Akhil Vikram won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.