IISER Pune October Heat 2026
- Date
- Oct 10, 2026
- City
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Venue
IISER Pune
- Address
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Ward No. 8, NCL Colony, Pashan, Pune
- Details
Lecture Hall Complex (LHC), Ground Floor
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Aakash Kharaliya, Aditya Y. Pathak, Han Joseph Anoop, IISER Pune Cubing Club, Speedcubing Pune, and Vanshraj Sachdev
- WCA Delegates
- Hemanth Gande and Pranav Dandgaval
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
- Mention Lecture Hall Complex & Cubing competition at the main gate.
- Bikes and Cars are allowed inside the IISER campus.
- Helmet is compulsory or else bikes won't be permitted.

- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 82
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹500 (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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Steps to register for this competition -
There is a flat fee of 500 /- inclusive of all events
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- Highlights
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Shrivatsa Patil won with an average of 7.04 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Shubham Maharana finished second (7.22) and Pranav Gadge finished third (7.71).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrivatsa Patil | 6.42 | 7.04 | India | 7.21 | 8.60 | 7.20 | 6.70 | 6.42 | |||
| 2 | Shubham Maharana | 6.66 | 7.22 | India | 7.54 | 7.85 | 6.66 | 7.43 | 6.68 | |||
| 3 | Pranav Gadge | 6.78 | 7.71 | India | 6.78 | 9.39 | 7.61 | 7.74 | 7.78 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) | 1.23 | 1.44 | India | 1.87 | 1.40 | 1.55 | 1.37 | 1.23 | |||
| 2 | Advay Sant | 1.68 | 1.73 | United States | 2.00 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.68 | 1.71 | |||
| 3 | Shubham Maharana | 1.61 | 2.10 | India | 1.61 | 2.12 | 2.01 | 2.16 | 3.50 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shubham Maharana | 30.17 | 33.82 | India | 36.66 | 33.60 | 30.17 | 35.16 | 32.70 | |||
| 2 | Trishan Gupta | 29.00 | 35.36 | India | 38.19 | 34.30 | 37.34 | 34.43 | 29.00 | |||
| 3 | Advay Sant | 32.92 | 36.37 | United States | 32.94 | 32.92 | 37.01 | 42.05 | 39.16 | |||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhruv Ambastha | 19.48 | DNF | India | 19.48 | DNF | 21.62 | 21.04 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) | 30.20 | DNF | India | DNF | 41.25 | 30.20 | 35.67 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Hamza Zaidi | 54.77 | DNF | India | DNF | DNF | 54.77 | DNF | DNF | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranav Gadge | 8.68 | 9.90 | India | 8.68 | 10.33 | 9.17 | 10.21 | 10.42 | |||
| 2 | Advay Sant | 10.72 | 13.37 | United States | 14.49 | 14.02 | 10.72 | 13.30 | 12.78 | |||
| 3 | Jay Nikhil Gadgil | 12.79 | 14.32 | India | 15.57 | 14.73 | 12.79 | 15.18 | 13.04 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranav Dandgaval | 7.97 | 10.88 | India | 9.71 | 12.38 | 12.91 | 10.54 | 7.97 | |||
| 2 | Rahul Kulkarni | 13.01 | 14.53 | India | 16.32 | 19.56 | 14.22 | 13.06 | 13.01 | |||
| 3 | Shubham Maharana | 12.12 | 14.67 | India | 18.64 | 18.76 | 12.96 | 12.12 | 12.42 | |||