Noida Cube Open 2025

Date: May 24 - 25, 2025
City: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Venue: Club Laurel, Prateek Laurel, Sector-120, Noida
Address: Prateek Laurel, Sector-120, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Details: Club Basement
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Aryan Malhotra and SpeedCubing Delhi
WCA Delegates: Saiyam Jain and Spondon Nath

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Information

Participants have to bring their own cube for the event.
Check out all the other Tabs for more detailed 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: 113

Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements

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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 130 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹1,000 (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.

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 Noida Cube Open 2025 page and clicking on the Register tab on the left hand side of the page.
You can select the events in which you want to participate in this tab and hit on Register.
Make sure you select the exact number of events in which you want to participate accordingly in the next step.

Step 3 - Pay the registration fees through this link- here

*Kindly allow upto 2 days for your registration to be approved as it is done manually by the organizer.

How to Register if you are a Returning Participant :

Step 1 - Sign-in using your email that you used for your previous competitions.

Step 3 - Pay the registration fees through this link-here

*Kindly allow upto 2 days for your registration to be approved as it is done manually by the organizer.

Fees Structure:

The base fee price of Rs 1000 is part of an early bird offer. This will be applicable till 27th April, 2025 11:59PM IST **
**After 27th April, 2025 11:59PM IST, the base price of the competition will be Rs. 1200

Early Bird Price (till 27th April, 2025 11:59PM IST)	After 27th April, 2025 11:59PM IST
Rs 1000	Rs 1200

Highlights

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Kunal Oak won with an average of 7.60 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Viraj Dhameja finished second (8.29) and Hargun Singh Tikku finished third (8.40).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Kunal Oak	6.98	7.60	India	6.98	7.09	10.06	7.74	7.98
2x2x2 Cube	Divij Yadav	1.42	1.98	India	2.11	1.76	2.96	2.08	1.42
4x4x4 Cube	Aditya Bareja	24.52	26.98	India	31.29	30.15	24.76	24.52	26.02
5x5x5 Cube	Kunal Oak	47.86	50.88	India	52.77	52.95	48.39	51.48	47.86
6x6x6 Cube	Kunal Oak	1:23.10	1:27.40	India	1:28.97	1:23.10	1:30.13
7x7x7 Cube	Kunal Oak	2:14.79	2:19.22	India	2:26.39	2:14.79	2:16.48
3x3x3 One-Handed	Fouzan Zayn	9.41	10.36	India	10.57	10.64	9.87	9.41	10.84
Clock	Shrey Relan	3.84	4.33	India	4.99	3.84	4.14	3.85	10.10
Megaminx	Hargun Singh Tikku	42.27	44.54	India	44.20	44.72	44.71	53.70	42.27
Pyraminx	Arsh Pandya	1.49	2.93	India	2.88	2.95	1.49	2.95	3.29
Skewb	Prisha Aggarwal	3.19	3.84	India	3.31	3.29	DNF	3.19	4.91
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Shivam Bansal	2:42.39	DNF	India	DNF	4:29.27	2:42.39
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Sukant Koul	7:02.73	DNF	India	7:02.73	7:24.82	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Shivam Bansal	29/40 57:41		India	29/40 57:41

Online Registration

First time participants
Step 1 - Sign-up on WCA. You must mention your full name without any abbrevations while creating your WCA profile.
Step 2 - Register for the competition on this link
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 on this link
Step 3 -Pay here

Registration for the event will only be accepted if a person has preregistered on the WCA page AND made the payment.
The registration closes on May 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM GMT+5:30.

Fees Structure:

Early Bird Price (till 27th April, 2025 11:59PM IST)	After 27th April, 2025 11:59PM IST
Rs 1000	Rs 1200

Participation Procedure (AB System)

Note:
The group list will only be available at the venue during the competition. All participants are requested to reach the venue atleast 30 minutes before their event starts.

Please follow the procedure below for participation during the competition:

Upon arriving at the venue, check the group list for your name. After confirming your groups, wait in the designated waiting area until your group is called.
Groups will be called in pairs of odd and even for each event (e.g., Group 1 & Group 3 or Group 2 & Group 4).
• When called, Group 1 will compete, and Group 3 will act as judges.
• Once you are finished with your solves, switch places with your judge till they are finished with their solves.
• If you are solving, please remain seated till all your solves are completed.
• You may be called for scrambling/running once you are competed with your solves.
Once both you and your judge are finished with their solves, you may leave the solving area and go back to the waiting area.

Cube Submission Procedure

As groups are called in pairs, all competitors from both groups must submit their cubes before entering the solving area, regardless of whether they are solving or judging in the first half of the round.

For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!

We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of ANY age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

So we have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://youtu.be/dPL3eV-A0ww
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over and Register for the Competetion

FAQs

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube.

Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!

Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to https://live.worldcubeassociation.org to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about upcoming rounds of events. Remember, the results are entered by a human so please be patient if you do not see your results immediately.

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.

Q: I want to attend, or I have friends/family who want to attend, but not compete. Do they need to pay as well?
A: No. All spectators are free to view the competition at no cost. There is payment only to compete. But in some cases, venue will be having restriction to allow spectators depending on the competition.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: It's just a competiton, not the Olympics. Don't forget to have fun at the competition and make new friends.

If you have any further queries, please do mail the organizers & delegates.

From Airport

You can take a Cab (Uber/Ola) directly to Prateek Laurel, Sector-120, Noida.

From Railway Station

The nearest railway station is New Delhi Railway Station.
After reaching, take a Cab (Uber/Ola) directly to Prateek Laurel (Approx. 45 minutes) or
You can take the metro at New Delhi metro station to Rajiv Chowk at yellow line. Then switch to blue line to reach Noida Sector-52.
After reaching the station, exit at gate-3.
From there you can book a 10 minute Cab (Uber/Ola) or auto to Prateek Laurel

From Metro Station

The Nearest Metro Station is Sector-52 at the blue line.
After reaching the station, exit at gate-3.
From there you can book a Cab (Uber/Ola) or get an auto to Prateek Laurel, Sector-120.

Personal Vehicles

You can park your 4 wheelers and 2 wheelers outside gate-1 and gate-2 of the society. Please note parking is limited. We strongly recommend taking a cab or other means of public transport to reach the venue.

For any queries please contact +91 9773910452

You can use the following link to check the live results:
Live Results

Live results of the competition will be available on WCA Live during and after the competition.

🥇 Performance-Based Awards
• Podium Winners (Top 3) of all official events

🥇 Special Category Awards
• Top 3 Fastest Debutants (based on 3x3 Average)
• Top 3 Fastest Female Participants (based on 3x3 Average)
• Top 3 youngest participants

Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

Cutoff

The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.