Competitions · India

Sanskara Cube Open 2025

Kochi, Kerala · 28 June 2025 · 9 events · 91 competitors · 99 personal bests

Sukant Koul won four of the nine events (3×3 blindfolded, Clock, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Muhammad Shayan by 0.01 seconds. 91 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hari A. Deepak set the 3×3 single national record: 4.77.

Four wins

Sukant Koul — 3×3 blindfolded, Clock, Megaminx, Square-1

0.01s

closest final — Skewb, Muhammad Shayan over Smijo P. Abraham (സ്മിജോ പി എബ്രഹാം)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Akhil Vikram	6.37	7.37
2×2	Akhil Vikram	1.66	2.48
3×3 blindfolded	Sukant Koul	22.68	—
3×3 one-handed	Hari A. Deepak	14.18	15.81
Clock	Sukant Koul	4.76	6.58
Megaminx	Sukant Koul	48.59	52.55
Pyraminx	Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்)	3.38	3.98
Skewb	Muhammad Shayan	3.27	3.94
Square-1	Sukant Koul	8.98	10.85

The PB harvest

99 set · 59 still standing

Hari A. Deepak — 3×3 single 4.77: into the top 0.079% of the event's history.
Aafiyan Ashif Shaikh — 3×3 single 8.43: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Albin Joseph — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Nishanth Meganathan — 3×3 one-handed single 13.33: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Ritesh R Nair — Clock single 5.35: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Nishanth Meganathan — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Muhammed Shehzad Khan — Pyraminx single 4.02: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Aadhav Vikram — Pyraminx single 4.14: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 514 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. Akhil Vikram won it with a 7.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.