Big Cube Open Hyderabad April 2026

Date: Apr 18, 2026
City: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Venue: Sindhu Sadan
Address: 4-1-1106, YWCA Road, Bogulkunta, Hyderguda, Hyderabad, Telangana 500001, India
Details: Fourth Floor
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Deccan Cubing and Indian Cube Federation
WCA Delegates: Akula Sai Kumar, Gaurav Bachani, and Hemanth Gande

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Dhruv Thirumalairajan won with an average of 28.17 seconds in the 4x4x4 Cube event. Akshaansh Chilakapati finished second (31.89) and Ajit Kumar Kandikuppa finished third (32.90).

Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	8	36.68	42.65	India	36.68	45.47	45.47	37.01	49.24
	Second round	7	38.68	42.69	India	40.76	40.44	38.68	46.87	48.61
	First round	7	36.69	40.79	India	41.62	39.79	48.66	36.69	40.97
5x5x5 Cube	Second round	9	1:13.41	1:20.21	India	1:21.28	1:26.72	1:17.31	1:22.04	1:13.41
	First round	9	1:12.64	1:19.71	India	1:23.27	1:21.72	1:12.64	1:18.93	1:18.48
6x6x6 Cube	Second round	12	2:17.53	DNF	India	2:17.53	DNF	2:33.87
	First round	8	2:31.89	2:40.31	India	2:50.93	2:31.89	2:38.11
7x7x7 Cube	Final	8	3:51.20	3:58.66	India	3:51.20	4:12.47	3:52.32
	Second round	8	3:45.06	3:56.44	India	4:02.93	4:01.34	3:45.06
	First round	8	3:34.66	3:51.85	India	4:02.52	3:58.37	3:34.66

Ajit Kumar Kandikuppa - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	30.46	32.90	India	38.30	30.64	37.16	30.46	30.89
	Second round	4	34.49	37.10	India	42.03	37.52	34.84	38.93	34.49
	First round	3	30.03	32.96	India	33.89	32.15	30.03	32.85	37.39
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	52.11	1:01.62	India	59.07	1:07.73	52.11	58.07	1:08.55
	Second round	5	53.98	59.74	India	57.29	53.98	1:17.23	1:03.95	57.99
	First round	3	51.51	57.13	India	1:04.80	51.51	59.00	57.43	54.97
6x6x6 Cube	Final	2	1:37.12	1:40.46	India	1:37.12	1:44.29	1:39.98
	Second round	4	1:43.25	1:53.13	India	1:50.33	2:05.82	1:43.25
	First round	4	1:44.68	1:48.69	India	1:44.68	1:48.41	1:52.97
7x7x7 Cube	Final	3	2:25.31	2:30.37	India	2:30.34	2:35.46	2:25.31
	Second round	3	2:13.81	2:23.61	India	2:32.54	2:13.81	2:24.48
	First round	3	2:19.52	2:27.54	India	2:35.57	2:19.52	2:27.53

Akshaansh Chilakapati - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	28.42	31.89	India	35.54	32.33	30.27	28.42	33.08
	Second round	2	25.21	30.54	India	25.21	28.67	34.35	30.41	32.55
	First round	1	26.91	30.30	India	31.42	31.55	29.62	29.86	26.91
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	54.13	1:00.03	India	54.13	59.21	1:04.36	56.53	1:07.65
	Second round	3	53.78	56.37	India	57.24	53.78	56.22	55.65	1:03.97
	First round	4	52.97	58.65	India	55.24	1:03.08	52.97	1:08.62	57.64
6x6x6 Cube	Final	4	1:38.72	1:45.39	India	1:51.44	1:38.72	1:46.02
	Second round	3	1:37.25	1:43.04	India	1:37.25	1:51.24	1:40.62
	First round	3	1:36.80	1:40.22	India	1:39.80	1:44.06	1:36.80
7x7x7 Cube	Final	4	2:33.86	2:40.09	India	2:33.86	2:46.55	2:39.87
	Second round	4	2:38.41	2:42.80	India	2:50.22	2:38.41	2:39.78
	First round	4	2:26.92	2:32.96	India	2:31.04	2:26.92	2:40.93

Akshaj Gupta - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Second round	10	40.28	48.78	India	49.23	40.28	53.04	44.08	55.66
	First round	8	40.18	42.08	India	40.68	57.32	43.34	42.21	40.18
5x5x5 Cube	Second round	10	1:18.65	1:28.83	India	1:26.49	1:30.76	1:18.65	1:29.58	1:30.41
	First round	10	1:20.88	1:27.19	India	1:30.75	1:27.79	1:20.88	1:23.03	1:33.74
6x6x6 Cube	Second round	11	3:10.69	3:15.47	India	3:23.19	3:12.52	3:10.69
	First round	11	3:17.11	3:22.75	India	3:18.69	3:17.11	3:32.45

Akula Pavan Kumar - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Second round	12	46.59	52.13	India	46.59	50.00	58.73	54.38	52.02
	First round	11	43.37	47.33	India	43.37	49.02	43.56	49.42	1:01.50
5x5x5 Cube	Second round	13	1:32.28	1:37.47	India	1:44.61	1:32.28	1:36.82	1:32.29	1:43.29
	First round	11	1:26.86	1:37.67	India	1:52.96	1:26.86	1:29.25	1:59.08	1:30.81
6x6x6 Cube	Final	8	3:23.93	3:45.64	India	4:17.77	3:23.93	3:35.23
	Second round	8	2:57.58	3:06.19	India	2:57.58	3:01.37	3:19.61
	First round	12	3:23.14	3:34.77	India	3:51.54	3:23.14	3:29.64
7x7x7 Cube	Second round	10	5:10.83	5:26.48	India	5:40.81	5:10.83	5:27.81
	First round	10	4:52.47	5:14.75	India	5:37.54	4:52.47	5:14.25

Akula Sai Kumar - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Second round	11	45.92	50.42	India	49.22	56.43	45.92	53.88	48.17
	First round	12	47.56	52.55	India	53.90	51.84	51.90	47.56	54.24
5x5x5 Cube	Second round	11	1:28.78	1:33.85	India	1:41.16	1:46.13	1:29.31	1:31.09	1:28.78
	First round	13	1:28.00	1:38.97	India	1:28.00	1:39.50	1:45.22	1:38.45	1:38.97
6x6x6 Cube	Second round	10	3:02.24	3:10.59	India	3:02.24	3:22.70	3:06.82
	First round	9	2:47.15	3:07.84	India	3:16.37	2:47.15	3:19.99
7x7x7 Cube	Second round	9	4:51.02	5:00.81	India	5:09.37	4:51.02	5:02.04
	First round	9	4:42.20	4:55.08	India	4:53.54	5:09.50	4:42.20

Dhruv Thirumalairajan - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	25.61		28.17		India	25.61	37.07	29.28	25.68	29.54
	Second round	1	25.97		29.24		India	29.21	32.94	27.10	31.40	25.97
	First round	2	28.32		30.35		India	28.32	31.90	30.89	30.54	29.63
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	41.59		46.93		India	41.59	51.92	43.48	49.86	47.46
	Second round	1	43.37		45.50		India	43.37	47.18	46.64	45.65	44.21
	First round	1	42.78		44.33	NR	India	42.78	43.03	47.55	44.62	45.34
6x6x6 Cube	Final	1	1:24.27		1:25.41		India	1:24.58	1:27.39	1:24.27
	Second round	1	1:25.03		1:29.16		India	1:25.03	1:27.39	1:35.07
	First round	1	1:16.46		1:18.93		India	1:16.46	1:20.88	1:19.46
7x7x7 Cube	Final	1	2:04.75		2:07.12		India	2:04.75	2:10.00	2:06.61
	Second round	1	1:53.92		1:57.43		India	1:57.24	2:01.14	1:53.92
	First round	1	1:48.86	NR	1:57.01	NR	India	2:03.68	1:48.86	1:58.50

Gaurav Bachani - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Second round	9	43.62	47.65	India	46.08	47.88	48.99	43.62	50.61
	First round	13	43.27	52.61	India	58.23	43.27	50.15	52.62	55.07
5x5x5 Cube	First round	14	1:39.54	1:42.38	India	1:39.57	1:40.96	1:39.54	1:50.34	1:46.62
6x6x6 Cube	First round	14	3:29.16	3:44.32	India	3:43.85	3:59.95	3:29.16
7x7x7 Cube	First round	11	5:45.03	6:24.78	India	6:26.06	5:45.03	7:03.26

Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	34.84	37.12	India	37.96	34.84	36.11	37.30	38.74
	Second round	6	36.03	39.96	India	46.07	36.03	39.58	39.77	40.52
	First round	5	30.49	36.08	India	32.34	30.49	37.99	37.90	40.49
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	1:15.46	1:20.52	India	1:21.11	1:15.46	1:21.61	1:18.84	1:22.00
	Second round	8	1:14.85	1:18.35	India	1:19.76	1:16.33	1:14.85	1:27.06	1:18.96
	First round	7	1:06.14	1:16.41	India	1:22.81	1:06.14	1:07.27	1:20.32	1:21.64
6x6x6 Cube	First round	13	3:19.12	3:41.37	India	3:37.14	3:19.12	4:07.86
7x7x7 Cube	Second round	12	8:36.46	9:20.49	India	9:52.99	8:36.46	9:32.01
	First round	13	9:58.15		India	9:58.15

Hemanth Gande - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Second round	15	50.24	54.79	India	1:06.22	55.59	50.24	53.21	55.57
	First round	15	54.16	1:00.51	India	57.91	55.84	54.16	1:07.78	1:12.00
5x5x5 Cube	Second round	14	1:34.51	1:47.16	India	1:34.51	1:49.93	1:44.17	1:47.38	1:53.80
	First round	15	1:38.23	1:42.45	India	1:50.48	1:38.23	1:43.63	1:42.57	1:41.14
6x6x6 Cube	First round	15	DNF		India	DNF
7x7x7 Cube	Second round	11	8:16.56	8:31.79	India	8:41.35	8:37.47	8:16.56
	First round	12	7:50.24	DNF	India	7:50.24	DNF	7:56.12

Jeyanthan Nathushaan - Sri Lanka WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	29.53		33.64		Sri Lanka	30.65	29.53	35.20	39.51	35.08
	Second round	3	29.75		34.45		Sri Lanka	37.43	37.88	29.75	33.51	32.41
	First round	4	29.86		33.74		Sri Lanka	43.39	29.86	34.98	34.57	31.66
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	49.61		56.22		Sri Lanka	1:00.79	49.61	51.45	1:01.41	56.42
	Second round	2	53.01		54.70	NR	Sri Lanka	1:01.02	53.01	56.15	54.76	53.19
	First round	2	45.09	NR	56.82		Sri Lanka	55.78	59.50	55.19	59.54	45.09
6x6x6 Cube	Final	3	1:32.13		1:43.22		Sri Lanka	1:43.04	1:32.13	1:54.50
	Second round	2	1:30.26		1:34.89		Sri Lanka	1:33.56	1:30.26	1:40.86
	First round	2	1:25.79	NR	1:31.29	NR	Sri Lanka	1:25.79	1:38.37	1:29.72
7x7x7 Cube	Final	2	2:12.94		2:21.31		Sri Lanka	2:32.38	2:12.94	2:18.60
	Second round	2	2:13.39		2:17.24		Sri Lanka	2:23.80	2:14.54	2:13.39
	First round	2	2:09.85	NR	2:12.75	NR	Sri Lanka	2:10.03	2:18.38	2:09.85

Likhith Siddhartha Kathula - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	37.54	39.56	India	46.16	38.36	41.55	37.54	38.78
	Second round	5	32.21	37.52	India	38.99	36.56	37.02	44.88	32.21
	First round	6	32.26	40.30	India	32.26	44.87	50.17	33.59	42.45
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:01.65	1:08.68	India	1:01.65	1:07.14	1:03.70	1:15.21	1:45.91
	Second round	4	56.52	59.56	India	57.10	1:00.89	56.52	1:00.70	1:02.73
	First round	5	59.67	1:10.13	India	1:10.14	1:11.07	1:19.19	1:09.17	59.67
6x6x6 Cube	Final	5	1:53.83	1:58.41	India	2:00.08	2:01.33	1:53.83
	Second round	5	1:49.04	1:54.25	India	1:49.04	1:59.58	1:54.12
	First round	5	1:54.17	1:57.46	India	1:56.00	2:02.21	1:54.17
7x7x7 Cube	Final	5	3:01.42	3:10.12	India	3:09.24	3:19.71	3:01.42
	Second round	5	2:50.76	3:01.19	India	3:04.67	2:50.76	3:08.14
	First round	6	2:57.29	3:19.45	India	3:27.35	3:33.71	2:57.29

Preetham Samala - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	17	1:07.23	1:15.65	India	1:09.52	1:18.08	1:22.21	1:07.23	1:19.35
5x5x5 Cube	First round	18	2:18.29	2:31.76	India	2:31.65	2:18.29	2:25.38	2:38.25	2:50.64
7x7x7 Cube	First round	14	DNF		India	DNF

Ramagopal Krishnan - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	18	1:17.64		1:30.35		India	1:22.24	1:17.64	1:27.49	1:41.31	1:42.15

Rishik Dornala - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	19	1:31.77				India	1:31.77	1:38.90
5x5x5 Cube	First round	17	2:09.84		2:14.58		India	2:16.03	2:20.15	2:13.19	2:14.53	2:09.84

Satvik Kilambi - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
7x7x7 Cube	First round	14	DNF				India	DNF

Shivansh Dixit - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Second round	13	44.14	53.70	India	59.44	DNF	50.44	51.22	44.14
	First round	14	45.01	54.98	India	1:06.74	1:05.56	45.01	48.56	50.83
5x5x5 Cube	Second round	12	1:33.51	1:36.94	India	1:33.51	1:36.40	1:46.65	1:38.85	1:35.56
	First round	12	1:29.45	1:38.88	India	1:50.99	1:32.50	2:18.98	1:29.45	1:33.14
6x6x6 Cube	Second round	9	3:00.43	3:07.46	India	3:00.43	3:09.55	3:12.39
	First round	10	3:01.74	3:18.75	India	3:23.55	3:01.74	3:30.97

Srivishnu Paida - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	20	1:46.72		India	1:46.72	2:07.79
5x5x5 Cube	First round	16	2:01.82	2:13.47	India	2:15.28	2:01.82	2:37.53	2:10.41	2:14.73
6x6x6 Cube	First round	15	DNF		India	DNF
7x7x7 Cube	First round	14	DNF		India	DNF

Udayan Latha Ramamurthi - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	16	56.13		1:03.69		India	1:07.35	56.13	1:02.04	1:03.58	1:05.44
5x5x5 Cube	First round	19	2:38.92				India	2:38.92	DNF

Vankayala Raghuram - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Second round	14	43.47	53.90	India	52.97	1:00.55	48.17	1:09.66	43.47
	First round	10	39.92	44.20	India	46.87	41.86	39.92	49.32	43.87
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:04.36	1:10.39	India	1:19.15	1:06.22	1:08.48	1:04.36	1:16.46
	Second round	6	1:08.83	1:12.83	India	1:17.01	1:31.10	1:08.83	1:12.39	1:09.10
	First round	6	1:05.71	1:15.07	India	1:16.75	1:17.87	1:05.71	1:18.44	1:10.58
6x6x6 Cube	Final	6	2:01.55	2:09.51	India	2:01.55	2:23.91	2:03.06
	Second round	6	2:00.03	2:03.39	India	2:01.98	2:00.03	2:08.17
	First round	6	2:07.31	2:11.32	India	2:09.47	2:07.31	2:17.19
7x7x7 Cube	Final	6	3:03.23	3:13.58	India	3:23.88	3:13.63	3:03.23
	Second round	6	2:45.66	3:04.32	India	3:06.33	3:20.96	2:45.66
	First round	5	3:04.46	3:08.76	India	3:08.02	3:04.46	3:13.81

Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	33.19	39.22	India	40.79	39.94	47.32	33.19	36.92
	Second round	8	38.51	43.64	India	46.11	45.72	38.51	42.43	42.77
	First round	9	40.63	42.24	India	42.50	42.20	42.02	43.50	40.63
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	1:11.08	1:12.48	India	1:26.73	1:11.08	1:11.42	1:12.95	1:13.08
	Second round	7	1:07.03	1:16.78	India	1:07.03	1:26.94	1:17.91	1:13.25	1:19.18
	First round	8	1:18.24	1:19.09	India	1:22.06	1:19.59	1:18.24	1:18.44	1:19.23
6x6x6 Cube	Final	7	2:19.54	2:30.95	India	2:33.79	2:19.54	2:39.53
	Second round	7	2:12.90	2:19.22	India	2:21.16	2:23.60	2:12.90
	First round	7	2:09.73	2:16.38	India	2:14.19	2:09.73	2:25.23
7x7x7 Cube	Final	7	3:21.77	3:28.43	India	3:21.77	3:28.35	3:35.16
	Second round	7	3:26.75	3:32.38	India	3:26.75	3:27.07	3:43.32
	First round	7	3:12.84	3:20.82	India	3:12.84	3:24.46	3:25.15