Competitions · India

Twist Fest Pune 2026

Pune, Maharashtra · 13 September 2026 · 7 events · 60 competitors · 33 personal bests

Sukant Koul won two of the seven events (Clock, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) by 0.24 seconds. 60 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ishan Pravin Shinde took a 2×2 single of 16.23 down to 5.04, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Sukant Koul — Clock, Megaminx

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) over Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kundan Shet	7.48	7.73
2×2	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.36	1.88
3×3 blindfolded	Dhruv Ambastha	17.65	—
Clock	Sukant Koul	3.95	4.84
Megaminx	Sukant Koul	45.10	49.23
Skewb	Joshua Allen Mangalapallil	3.48	3.97
Square-1	Imaad Sohel Ajani	9.49	10.77

The PB harvest

33 set · 29 still standing

Trishan Gupta — Megaminx single 44.36: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Joshua Allen Mangalapallil — Square-1 single 9.07: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Arya Waghrulkar — 3×3 single 10.83: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Joshua Allen Mangalapallil — Megaminx single 1:02.49: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Saksham Gupta — 2×2 single 3.03: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Avijitveer Singh — 3×3 single 12.43: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Arnav Agrawal — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Shreya Hajra — Skewb single 4.93: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 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

60 competitors · 256 results · 7 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. Kundan Shet won it with a 7.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.