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Patna Cube Challenge 2025

Patna, Bihar · 26 April 2025 · 10 events · 36 competitors · 27 personal bests

Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka won seven of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Aditya Dey by 0.08 seconds. 36 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka set the 6×6 single national record: 1:19.10.

Seven wins
Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb
0.08s
closest final — Clock, Aditya Dey over Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka8.128.91
2×2Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ)2.573.01
4×4Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka30.0034.62
5×5Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka43.5948.79
6×6Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka1:19.101:25.55
3×3 one-handedHitesh Kumar Bhuwalka13.6015.51
ClockAditya Dey8.069.22
MegaminxHitesh Kumar Bhuwalka57.061:05.60
PyraminxSourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ)2.582.93
SkewbHitesh Kumar Bhuwalka3.025.36

The PB harvest

27 set · 14 still standing
  • Kaarnik Jain — 3×3 one-handed single 12.32: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — Skewb single 3.02: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Souptik Ganguly — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Souptik Ganguly — Pyraminx single 4.55: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Dev Sharma — Clock single 7.51: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Spondon Nath — Clock single 8.88: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
  • Aditya Dey — Skewb single 5.85: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Dev Sharma — Pyraminx single 7.09: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

36 competitors · 175 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

36 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.