Esplanade Cube Open 2026
- Date
- May 23 - 24, 2026
- City
- Gurugram, Haryana, India
- Venue
Esplanade Mall, Gurgaon
- Address
- The Esplanade Mall, Gurugram
- Details
Ground Floor, Atruim
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Akula Pavan Kumar, Speed Cubing India, SpeedCubing Delhi, and Vivek Prasad Mada
- WCA Delegates
- Aryan Malhotra and Saiyam Jain
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
* Make sure you will be available at the venue at least 30 minutes before your event starts. You won't be allowed to participate in an event under any circumstances if you reach late.
- If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time or not aware of competition rules, make sure that you attend the tutorial session.
- If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time, please bring your goverment ID card for verification.
- All the participants are requested to volunteer in the competition and every participant (except newcomers) will be assigned to a particular event they have to either judge, scramble, etc for the group/event.

- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 79
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹1,200 (Indian Rupee).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until by contacting the organization team.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of ₹1,200 (Indian Rupee).
How to Register if you are a First Time Participant :
Step 1: Sign-up on WCA.
Step 2: Register for the competition by browsing to the Esplanade Cube Open 2026 competition page and click on Register on the left hand side of the page.
Step 3: Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the events in which you want to participate in and hit on Register.
Step 4: Pay the registration fees at: https://rzp.io/rzp/ECO2026 and wait up to 48 hours for approval by the organizer.
How to Register if you are a Returning Participant :
Step 1: Sign-in using your email ID that you used for your previous competitions.
Step 2: Register for the competition by browsing to the Esplanade Cube Open 2026 competition page and click on Register on the left hand side of the page.
Step 3: Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the events in which you want to participate in and hit on Register.
Step 4: Pay the registration fees at: https://rzp.io/rzp/ECO2026 and wait up to 48 hours for approval by the organizer.
Fees :
Flat registration fee (covers all events): ₹1200
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Aryan Chhabra won with an average of 7.60 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Gaurav Kher finished second (8.20) and Aditya Bareja finished third (8.73).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aryan Chhabra | 5.93 | 7.60 | India | 5.93 | 7.60 | 8.71 | 8.98 | 6.50 | |||
| 2 | Gaurav Kher | 8.04 | 8.20 | India | 8.04 | 8.16 | 8.24 | 8.19 | 10.78 | |||
| 3 | Aditya Bareja | 7.72 | 8.73 | India | 8.33 | 7.72 | 9.77 | 9.77 | 8.10 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ojas Nimaje | 1.69 | 2.46 | India | 3.69 | 2.09 | 2.52 | 2.78 | 1.69 | |||
| 2 | Shrey Relan | 1.35 | 2.57 | India | 2.39 | 3.12 | 5.67 | 2.20 | 1.35 | |||
| 3 | Ayaan Kapur | 1.86 | 2.59 | India | 2.25 | 3.81 | 2.63 | 2.88 | 1.86 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditya Bareja | 23.72 | 30.30 | India | 34.70 | 23.72 | 34.69 | 31.11 | 25.10 | |||
| 2 | Hargun Singh Tikku | 29.70 | 31.42 | India | 33.64 | 31.36 | 29.70 | 30.47 | 32.43 | |||
| 3 | Aryan Chhabra | 25.20 | 31.69 | India | 32.28 | 29.04 | 33.74 | 25.20 | 34.90 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditya Bareja | 49.50 | 49.92 | India | 49.50 | 50.09 | 51.47 | 49.82 | 49.85 | |||
| 2 | Hargun Singh Tikku | 48.58 | 51.35 | India | 54.35 | 58.92 | 48.75 | 48.58 | 50.96 | |||
| 3 | Aryan Chhabra | 51.95 | 57.70 | India | 59.20 | 51.95 | 1:02.85 | 52.32 | 1:01.57 | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hargun Singh Tikku | 10.83 | 12.30 | India | 10.83 | 13.31 | 12.04 | 12.64 | 12.21 | |||
| 2 | Aryan Chhabra | 11.62 | 12.98 | India | 11.62 | 14.43 | 12.07 | 12.43 | 18.18 | |||
| 3 | Shrey Relan | 12.53 | 13.73 | India | 13.50 | 18.20 | 13.77 | 13.92 | 12.53 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aniket Ahuja | 6.71 | 7.54 | India | 7.47 | 7.32 | 6.71 | DNF | 7.84 | |||
| 2 | Arghy Shravast | 8.95 | 9.31 | India | 8.95 | 9.34 | 9.43 | 9.16 | 9.97 | |||
| 3 | Komal Gupta | 8.23 | 9.83 | India | 11.14 | 8.95 | 8.23 | 10.01 | 10.53 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arghy Shravast | 35.22 | 41.35 | India | 41.37 | 43.69 | 35.22 | 50.29 | 38.98 | |||
| 2 | Hargun Singh Tikku | 34.22 | 41.65 | India | 45.02 | 41.24 | 38.70 | 34.22 | 49.70 | |||
| 3 | Ayaan Kapur | 49.76 | 59.59 | India | 58.92 | 1:00.89 | 58.96 | 49.76 | 1:01.96 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prisha Aggarwal | 2.81 | 3.47 | India | 3.21 | 6.62 | 2.81 | 3.32 | 3.89 | |||
| 2 | Nikhil Lal | 3.55 | 3.80 | India | 3.55 | 3.62 | 4.14 | 4.61 | 3.63 | |||
| 3 | Hargun Singh Tikku | 3.35 | 4.71 | India | 3.35 | 3.74 | 4.69 | 5.71 | 6.48 | |||