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Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025

Mumbai, Maharashtra · 1 November 2025 · 10 events · 72 competitors · 96 personal bests

Imaad Sohel Ajani won three of the ten events (Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Gaurav Kher by 0.23 seconds. 72 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 66 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dhruv Manas Manjrekar took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:14.12 down to 26.85, 64 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Imaad Sohel Ajani — Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.23s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Gaurav Kher over Hari A. Deepak

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hari A. Deepak	6.19	7.19
2×2	Kunal Oak	2.70	3.06
4×4	Kunal Oak	29.34	32.56
3×3 blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	44.31	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Parth Chhugani	33 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Gaurav Kher	13.10	15.29
Clock	Imaad Sohel Ajani	4.19	4.61
Megaminx	Hari A. Deepak	52.99	55.39
Pyraminx	Imaad Sohel Ajani	1.85	2.65
Skewb	Imaad Sohel Ajani	4.41	5.01

The PB harvest

96 set · 66 still standing

Vishnu Srivatsava (విష్ణు శ్రీవాత్సవ) — 3×3 single 7.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Prayan Laddha — 3×3 single 7.30: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Advay Kapil Suvarna — Pyraminx single 2.33: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Prayansh Vimal — 3×3 single 7.53: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Gaurav Kher — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Aarav Gupta — 3×3 single 8.68: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Yug Hiren Shah — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Arnav Sonavane — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

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

The field

72 competitors · 485 results · 10 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. Hari A. Deepak won it with a 7.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.