IIT Gandhinagar Cube Open 2026
- Date
- City
- Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
- Venue
IIT Gandhinagar
- Address
- Jibaben Patel Memorial Auditorium, Academic block 1 - 103, IIT Gandhinagar
- Details
In the Academic Block 1
- Contact
- Organizers
- Poojan Soni and Varad Gupta
- WCA Delegate
- Gaurav Bachani
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
• If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time or unaware 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
• Participants must bring their own cubes.
• 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.
• In the event of a theft, injury, etc. the organization team will not be held completely or partially responsible.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 54
- 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.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 80 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.
First time participants
Step 1 - Sign-up on WCA. You must mention your full name without any abbreviations while creating your WCA profile.
Step 2 - Register for the competition
Step 3 - Pay here.Returning participants
Step 1 - Sign-in using your email that you used for your previous competitions.
Step 2 - Register for the competition.
Step 3 - Pay here.Please check your respective mail ID's through which you will receive all the communications from the organization team.
All the Newcomers are requested to get their valid ID proofs with Date of Birth Mentioned on it.
Early Bid offer :- (If the participant registers and makes the payment on or before 30th Sep 2026)
No. of events Fees 1 to 5 500 6 550 7 600 8 650 9 700 10 750 Regular Payment :- (If the participant registers and makes the payment on or after 1st Oct 2026)
No. of events Fees 1 to 5 700 6 750 7 800 8 850 9 900 10 950 Registration for the event will only be accepted if a person has registered on the WCA page AND made the payment.
First Prize in each event is 3x3 Calender Cube - Full UV Printed Perpetual Date Puzzle
Second Prize will Recieve Exciting Coupons.
And Other Surprise Coupons to best solvers as well!Notes:
1. You can't change the events after Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC.
2. It is mandatory to pay the registration fees AND register on WCA to complete the full registration process.
3. Wait for 48 - 72 hours to get your registration confirmed after payment has been done. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Divyaansh Khatri (दिव्यांश खत्री) won with an average of 7.39 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Harsh Chelani (हर्ष चेलानी) finished second (8.75) and Anas Jethva finished third (10.32).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divyaansh Khatri (दिव्यांश खत्री) | 6.90 | 7.39 | India | 8.63 | 7.19 | 6.90 | 7.38 | 7.59 | |||
| 2 | Harsh Chelani (हर्ष चेलानी) | 7.74 | 8.75 | India | 10.05 | 7.74 | 8.45 | 9.02 | 8.78 | |||
| 3 | Anas Jethva | 8.42 | 10.32 | India | 9.76 | 12.40 | 11.93 | 8.42 | 9.26 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harsh Chelani (हर्ष चेलानी) | 1.83 | 2.40 | India | 2.61 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 2.76 | 4.00 | |||
| 2 | Dhairya Chiragbhai Dave | 2.35 | 2.79 | India | 3.10 | 2.77 | 2.35 | 2.50 | 4.89 | |||
| 3 | Divyaansh Khatri (दिव्यांश खत्री) | 2.74 | 3.66 | India | 3.30 | 3.05 | 4.63 | 2.74 | 6.01 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jash Khatod | 36.95 | 43.73 | India | 43.68 | 44.89 | 42.62 | 45.41 | 36.95 | |||
| 2 | Harsh Chelani (हर्ष चेलानी) | 38.83 | 44.32 | India | 46.32 | 38.83 | 42.07 | 44.57 | 52.02 | |||
| 3 | Gaurav Bachani | 42.76 | 46.65 | India | 46.64 | 47.93 | 55.19 | 45.38 | 42.76 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaurav Bachani | 3:08.45 | 3:19.47 | India | 3:25.44 | 3:24.53 | 3:08.45 | |||||
| 2 | Harsh Chelani (हर्ष चेलानी) | 3:04.06 | 3:21.70 | India | 3:21.65 | 3:04.06 | 3:39.39 | |||||
| 3 | Dhvanit Vaghela | 3:15.57 | 3:26.71 | India | 3:15.57 | 3:42.39 | 3:22.18 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaurav Bachani | 5:34.30 | 5:59.76 | India | 5:57.22 | 5:34.30 | 6:27.77 | |||||
| 2 | Dhvanit Vaghela | 6:06.93 | 6:24.41 | India | 6:06.93 | 6:51.09 | 6:15.22 | |||||
| 3 | Lakshay Nahar | 5:34.42 | 6:26.83 | India | 5:52.95 | 7:53.11 | 5:34.42 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakshay Nahar | 39.46 | DNF | India | 55.29 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 39.46 | |||
| 2 | Gaurav Bachani | 1:17.34 | 1:24.32 | India | 1:17.61 | 1:19.98 | 1:17.34 | DNF | 1:35.36 | |||
| 3 | Smit Patel | 2:47.51 | DNF | India | DNF | DNF | 3:22.76 | 3:48.04 | 2:47.51 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divyaansh Khatri (दिव्यांश खत्री) | 46.86 | 53.18 | India | 53.40 | 55.41 | 50.72 | 46.86 | 55.46 | |||
| 2 | Harsh Chelani (हर्ष चेलानी) | 1:19.46 | 1:22.86 | India | 1:20.40 | 1:23.24 | 1:19.46 | 1:31.50 | 1:24.94 | |||
| 3 | Anas Jethva | 1:20.35 | 1:36.56 | India | 1:41.92 | 1:47.85 | 1:20.35 | 1:35.38 | 1:32.38 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anas Jethva | 1.44 | 2.65 | India | 2.50 | 2.72 | 4.53 | 1.44 | 2.72 | |||
| 2 | Dhairya Chiragbhai Dave | 1.69 | 2.81 | India | 2.44 | 3.38 | 2.76 | 1.69 | 3.22 | |||
| 3 | Divyaansh Khatri (दिव्यांश खत्री) | 2.59 | 2.98 | India | 2.59 | 2.96 | 3.35 | 2.64 | 3.92 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhinav Khot | 4.51 | 5.18 | India | 4.60 | 5.55 | 7.44 | 4.51 | 5.39 | |||
| 2 | Nishit Chauhan | 6.17 | 6.35 | India | 6.34 | 6.45 | 6.26 | 6.54 | 6.17 | |||
| 3 | Aarav Jain | 5.15 | 6.73 | India | 6.66 | 7.95 | 7.75 | 5.78 | 5.15 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anas Jethva | 20.91 | 30.29 | India | 20.91 | 27.75 | 28.52 | 34.60 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Abhinav Khot | 28.61 | 37.62 | India | 44.98 | 33.24 | 39.75 | 39.87 | 28.61 | |||
| 3 | Gaurav Bachani | 27.75 | 41.32 | India | 35.92 | 54.01 | 27.75 | 56.48 | 34.04 | |||