Competitions · India

VIT Cube Open 2025

Vellore, Tamil Nadu · 13 September 2025 · 11 events · 89 competitors · 97 personal bests

Sundararajan won three of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Sundararajan by 0.37 seconds. 89 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka set the 6×6 single national record: 1:13.21.

Three wins

Sundararajan — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.37s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Sundararajan over Dhruv Thirumalairajan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sundararajan	6.32	7.75
2×2	Sundararajan	1.81	2.44
4×4	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	24.30	28.06
5×5	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	42.43	49.39
6×6	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	1:13.21	1:16.76
7×7	Dhruv Thirumalairajan	2:06.75	2:17.30
3×3 blindfolded	Zain Behzaad	57.63	—
3×3 one-handed	Sundararajan	12.31	12.78
Clock	Ankit A	5.45	5.58
Pyraminx	Vigneshwar Kalivaradhan	3.04	3.58
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mohamed Bilal	12 of 14 cubes · 56:48	—

The PB harvest

97 set · 53 still standing

Dhruv Thirumalairajan — 4×4 single 23.18: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Ankit A — 3×3 single 7.41: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Ilampozhil E — 3×3 single 8.12: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Swaminathan Chandrasekaran — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Devadathan Unni — 3×3 single 9.21: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Shourya Upadhyay — 4×4 single 34.32: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Rajha Sirokshan — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Prathish MM — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

89 competitors · 585 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. Sundararajan won it with a 7.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.