Competitions · India
Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026
New Delhi, Delhi · 28 March 2026 · 11 events · 102 competitors · 132 personal bests
Kunal Oak won two of the eleven events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Divye Kumar by 0.03 seconds. 102 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 96 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Jai Mahajan took a Skewb single of 35.70 down to 15.01, 58 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Viraj Dhameja | 6.30 | 6.49 |
| 2×2 | Divye Kumar | 2.08 | 2.50 |
| 4×4 | Aditya Bareja | 23.21 | 26.48 |
| 6×6 | Kunal Oak | 1:20.40 | 1:26.82 |
| 7×7 | Kunal Oak | 2:06.28 | 2:11.53 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Sukant Koul | 20.63 | 24.46 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Fouzan Zayn | 9.80 | 11.06 |
| Megaminx | Arghy Shravast | 39.03 | 40.91 |
| Pyraminx | Veenayak Bhola | 1.65 | 2.37 |
| Skewb | Veenayak Bhola | 3.49 | 3.86 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Sukant Koul | 2:33.35 | — |
The PB harvest
132 set · 96 still standing- Ronit Arora — 3×3 single 5.27: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
- Aditya Bareja — 3×3 single 6.04: into the top 0.51% of the event's history.
- Viraj Dhameja — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
- Sidhan Keswani — 3×3 single 7.67: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
- Ayaan Kapur — Pyraminx single 2.66: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
- Arnav Kumar — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
- Ameya Barun — Pyraminx single 2.96: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
- Shaurya Bhardwaj (शौर्य भारद्वाज) — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eleven 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
102 competitors · 601 results · 11 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. Viraj Dhameja won it with a 6.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U F2 R U2 L' D2 F2 D2 L' R D' B' L F' L2 U' B U2 R' - 2
D2 B2 L2 D U' R2 D' L2 R2 D' L B F2 U L' U2 B D2 L B - 3
U' B' D2 U2 L R F2 R D2 U2 F D' L' R' D' F2 U R2 B2 - 4
F D2 R D' F' U2 B L R2 F2 D F2 D2 F2 L2 U' B2 U F' R' - 5
R' U' L D2 L D' R2 D2 R' F L2 U R2 B2 U2 D L2 U' F2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
102 competitors- Aarav Jain
- Aarav Sehgal
- Aarush Sharan
- Abhipsa Hazra
- Adhvik Shrivastava
- Aditya Bareja
- Aditya Guru
- Aditya Khanna
- Aditya Vikram Raj Singh Chopra
- Advait Saaksh
- Adyansh Gupta
- Akash Kakkar
- Akshat Bhaskar
- Ameya Barun
- Amogh Sachdeva
- Ananthan Rajiv
- Aniket Ahuja
- Anjanay Agarwal
- Ansh Rathor
- Anuj Naugain
- Apoorv Kashyap
- Arghy Shravast
- Arnav Kumar
- Aryan Bhardwaj
- Aryan Malhotra
- Aryan Singh
- Atharv Singh
- Atiksh Mandal
- Atulya Kakar
- Ayaan Kapur
- Ayaansh Mathur
- Ayaansh Singh
- Ayush Sinha
- Ayushmaan Yadav
- Bhavya Kant Vikram
- Bhuman Pandita
- Daksh Laroia
- Devansh Gupta
- Divye Kumar
- Eklavya Goel
- Fouzan Zayn
- Gaurav Kher
- Hamza Zaidi
- Harshit Shokeen
- Hemang Sharma
- Hridaan Makkar
- Hrithik Joshi
- Jai Mahajan
- Jasman Singh
- Kaarnik Jain
- Kapil Dhameja
- Karisha Keswani
- Keshav Aggarwal
- Komal Gupta
- Koppula Bala Subrahmanyam
- Krishaang Phogat
- Kunal Oak
- Kush Das
- Lakshay Nahar
- Neeal Singroha
- Neiil Puri
- Neil Santosh Yadav
- Nian Dev Sharma
- Nikhil Lal
- Ojas Nimaje
- Parth Kulshrestha
- Piyush Kumar Mishra
- Prisha Aggarwal
- R Sridharan
- Ridhaan Gupta
- Ridhim Manik Grover
- Rishit Kholiwal
- Rohan Gupta
- Ronit Arora
- Sahil Ansari
- Saiyam Jain
- Sarthak Ingle
- Shaurya Bhardwaj (शौर्य भारद्वाज)
- Shivam Bansal
- Shubhansh Meena
- Sidhan Keswani
- Snehashish Chakravarti
- Sukant Koul
- Swagnik Das
- Tanish Verma
- Tarun Dagar
- Tejus Yadav
- Ujjwal Singh
- Vachi Aggarwal
- Varun Gupta
- Vedaant Walia
- Veenayak Bhola
- Vidit Bhatia
- Vihaan Jain
- Vihaan Srivastava
- Vihaan Verma
- Viraaj Singhal
- Viraj Dhameja
- Vivaan Marwaha
- Yash Keswani
- Yatharth Chaudhari
- Yuvraj Agarwal
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.