Patna Cube Challenge 2026

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Date: Aug 15 - 16, 2026
City: Patna, Bihar, India
Venue: Cafe Buddy's Espresso
Address: House No 35/D, opposite SK Puri Park, Boring Road, Patna, Bihar 800001
Details: Cafe Outdoor Area
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka, Priyanshu Raj, and Sparsh Pathak (स्पर्श पाठक)
WCA Delegate: Priyanshu Raj

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Information

This Competition features Dual Rounds for 3x3, check Dual Rounds Tab for more information.

Participants must bring their own cubes.
DON'T BRING MORE THAN ONE GUEST WITH YOU
Make sure to be available at the venue at least 30 minutes before your event starts. Late entries won't be allowed to participate.
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 are expected to volunteer and will be assigned with roles as judges, scramblers, or runners, with the exception of newcomers.
OTS will be only accepted for 3x3x3, 2x2x2 and Pyraminx.

Addition of Any Round will be as Per Organizer/ Delegate Discretion

Events
Main event
Competitors: 34

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 65 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹499 (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 ₹699 (Indian Rupee).
Any spectator can attend for free.

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Notes:
1. It is mandatory to pay the registration fees AND register on WCA to complete the full registration process.
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5. Please check your respective mail ID's through which you will receive all the communications from the organisation team.

OTS will be only accepted for 3x3x3, 2x2x2 and Pyraminx.

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Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka won with an average of 8.72 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Arghy Shravast finished second (8.78) and Kaarnik Jain finished third (9.32).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	7.23	8.72	India	7.23	9.80	7.53	9.43	9.20
2	Arghy Shravast	6.88	8.78	India	8.90	6.88	9.52	7.91	12.14
3	Kaarnik Jain	8.14	9.32	India	10.69	8.86	9.73	9.36	8.14

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Arghy Shravast	2.68	3.25	India	4.76	2.70	2.68	3.91	3.15
2	Kaarnik Jain	2.87	3.86	India	3.74	4.91	2.87	3.42	4.41
3	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	3.35	4.22	India	4.23	6.49	3.96	3.35	4.48

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	24.11	29.79	India	32.25	27.32	24.11	32.72	29.79
2	Kaarnik Jain	28.87	33.32	India	28.87	35.76	35.22	32.36	32.39
3	Arghy Shravast	30.66	35.30	India	32.64	36.25	30.66	40.07	37.00

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	41.43	49.28	India	57.37	41.43	48.92	43.87	55.04
2	Kaarnik Jain	57.37	1:01.63	India	57.37	DNF	58.23	1:04.03	1:02.63
3	Rupam Das (रूपम दास)	1:07.31	1:11.72	India	1:12.08	1:11.94	1:11.13	1:47.06	1:07.31

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	1:06.61	NR	1:27.29	India	1:40.12	1:35.15	1:06.61
2	Kaarnik Jain	2:11.92		2:12.32	India	2:12.83	2:12.22	2:11.92
3	Arghy Shravast	2:10.03		2:13.93	India	2:18.03	2:10.03	2:13.73

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	2:03.22	2:20.19	India	2:32.24	2:03.22	2:25.11
2	Rupam Das (रूपम दास)	3:23.42	3:36.52	India	3:23.42	3:45.31	3:40.84
3	Arghy Shravast	4:10.12	4:22.02	India	4:25.00	4:30.95	4:10.12

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	11.93	15.83	India	19.49	14.88	15.66	16.94	11.93
2	Arghy Shravast	13.85	16.73	India	17.07	16.49	16.62	18.49	13.85
3	Kaarnik Jain	15.50	17.06	India	16.10	15.50	17.37	19.36	17.72

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Rupam Das (रूपम दास)	4.99	6.74	India	6.80	6.05	16.79	7.38	4.99
2	Junaid Ekhlaque	7.04	8.61	India	7.79	7.04	9.17	9.86	8.88
3	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	7.89	9.73	India	9.96	10.01	7.89	DNF	9.23

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Arghy Shravast	30.96	40.00	India	52.68	37.38	30.96	40.10	42.53
2	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	42.29	52.01	India	42.29	50.36	49.93	57.56	55.75
3	Ayaan Ali Ahmad	52.44	59.08	India	52.44	1:01.36	56.45	59.43	1:05.27

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Sougata Giri	2.44	4.97	India	5.15	2.44	4.75	5.94	5.02
2	Arghy Shravast	4.18	5.20	India	4.21	4.18	5.99	5.79	5.61
3	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	3.86	5.31	India	5.33	3.86	5.31	5.30	5.89

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#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Arghy Shravast	3.88	6.40	India	DNF	7.22	5.42	3.88	6.56
2	Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka	6.14	7.45	India	DNF	7.03	6.14	9.12	6.20
3	Kaarnik Jain	6.98	9.03	India	7.37	10.31	15.09	6.98	9.40

Patna Cube Challenge 2026

This Competition features Dual Rounds for 3x3, check Dual Rounds Tab for more information.

CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FEES AND PAYMENT PROCEDURE

3x3x3 Cube

2x2x2 Cube

4x4x4 Cube

5x5x5 Cube

6x6x6 Cube

7x7x7 Cube

3x3x3 One-Handed

Clock

Megaminx

Pyraminx

Skewb