Competitions · India

Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026

Trichy, Tamil Nadu · 13 June 2026 · 9 events · 72 competitors · 77 personal bests

Naren Ramesh won two of the nine events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Naren Ramesh by 0.03 seconds. 72 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 68 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ashwatha Varadhan took a 2×2 single of 16.81 down to 4.36, 74 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Naren Ramesh — 3×3, 2×2

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Naren Ramesh over Sundararajan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Naren Ramesh	6.25	7.82
2×2	Naren Ramesh	1.69	2.19
4×4	Shashvat D. Vagesh	29.75	34.16
5×5	Shashvat D. Vagesh	53.62	1:03.32
3×3 blindfolded	Anirudh Narasimhan	36.61	44.20
3×3 Fewest Moves	Muhammad Hanif	22 moves	22.67
3×3 one-handed	Sundararajan	12.10	14.34
Pyraminx	Vigneshwar Kalivaradhan	1.88	2.56
Square-1	Nishanth Meganathan	10.00	13.51

The PB harvest

77 set · 68 still standing

Naren Ramesh — Pyraminx single 1.04: into the top 0.05% of the event's history.
Muhammad Hanif — Pyraminx single 2.44: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Nitheesh Kumar Elangovan — 3×3 single 7.63: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Ashvand Sathyajith — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Shashvat D. Vagesh — Pyraminx single 2.85: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Sandeep M — 3×3 single 9.40: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Shree Varshan — 3×3 single 9.42: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Anirudh Keshav Pravin — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

72 competitors · 402 results · 9 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. Naren Ramesh won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.