Competitions · India

Republic Cube Open BLR 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka · 25 January 2025 · 13 events · 108 competitors · 178 personal bests

Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Raghav Vishwanath by 0.10 seconds. 108 competitors produced 178 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ayan Mittal took a 2×2 single of 37.27 down to 8.30, 78 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.10s

closest final — Clock, Raghav Vishwanath over Nirmal Reddy

178

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Reuben John Kumar	6.26	8.08
2×2	Reuben John Kumar	2.46	2.90
4×4	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	29.98	32.61
5×5	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	50.07	53.51
6×6	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	1:28.84	1:36.35
7×7	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	2:24.46	2:33.12
3×3 blindfolded	Dhruv Ambastha	25.75	—
3×3 one-handed	Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ)	11.62	13.07
Clock	Raghav Vishwanath	7.48	7.98
Megaminx	Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ)	48.43	50.88
Pyraminx	Reuben John Kumar	3.25	3.73
Skewb	Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ)	4.55	4.75
4×4 blindfolded	Vivek Prasad Mada	7:37.56	—

The PB harvest

178 set · 70 still standing

Reuben John Kumar — 3×3 single 6.26: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
Debanjan Poddar — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Krishanth Thangarathan — Clock single 4.77: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ) — Clock single 5.70: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Kanishka Charvak — Clock single 6.33: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Yuvraj Agarwal — Pyraminx single 4.33: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Harshath Babu — 3×3 single 11.06: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Niranjan M — 2×2 single 2.70: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

108 competitors · 834 results · 13 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. Reuben John Kumar won it with a 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 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.