Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026

Date: Jan 17 - 18, 2026
City: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Venue: Indian Institute of Science
Address: Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012
Details: First Floor
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Aditya Kumar Das and Speed Cubing Bangalore
WCA Delegates: Gaurav Bachani, Komahal Eswaran, and Sukesh Kumar

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

All the participants are requested to volunteer in the competition and every participant (except the New comers) will be assigned to a particular event that they have to Judge (or) Scramble in which they are participating.
All the staff/volunteering assignments will be decided by the organising team and participants will be informed of the same 2 days prior to the event, we will ensure that your volunteering does not affect your events.

Please check out all the tabs for additional important information.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 75

Number of times bookmarked: 17

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: 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 75 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹800 (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 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Please check your respective mail ID's through which you will receive all the communications from Organizer's .

All the Newcomers are requested to get their valid ID proofs with Date of Birth Mentioned on it.

For the Returning Participants: Please claim your WCA ID if you have not claimed it yet. Link is provided below.

How To Claim your WCA ID

The Participant should compulsorily register on WCA and should make the payment on or before the last date

Please check your respective mail ID's through which you will receive all the communications from Deccan Cubing.

All the Newcomers are requested to get their valid ID proofs with Date of Birth Mentioned on it.

For the Returning Participants: Please claim your WCA ID if you have not claimed it yet. Link is provided below.

How To Claim your WCA ID

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
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

Registration for the event will only be accepted if a person has preregistered on the WCA page AND made the payment.

Fees Structure:
1-4 Events: Rs. 800
5 to 11 Events: Rs. 1200

Please do the payment of each participant separately.

Note:
1) It is mandatory to pay the registration fees and also register on WCA to complete the full registration process.
2) It may take a day or 2 for your name to reflect on competitors list on WCA.

The Participant should compulsorily register on WCA and should make the payment on or before the last date

Please check your respective mail ID's through which you will receive all the communications from Organizer's.

All the Newcomers are requested to get their valid ID proofs with Date of Birth Mentioned on it.

For the Returning Participants: Please claim your WCA ID if you have not claimed it yet. Link is provided below.

How To Claim your WCA ID

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
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

Registration for the event will only be accepted if a person has preregistered on the WCA page AND made the payment.

Fees Structure:
1-4 Events: Rs. 800
5 to 11 Events: Rs. 1200

Please do the payment of each participant separately.

Note:
1) It is mandatory to pay the registration fees and also register on WCA to complete the full registration process.
2) It may take a day or 2 for your name to reflect on competitors list on WCA.

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/

We have a video made specifically for new cubers, 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.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over and Register for the Competition

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: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

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

Category	Description	Prize
Podium in any event	Placed top 3 in the final round of an event	Medals & Certificates
Fastest Female	Placed top 3 in 3x3x3 Cube	Medals
Top 10 Kinch Ranks	Kinch is a way to rank all-round cubing ability in a way that weights all events equally	Medals
Age Category	Placed top 3 in Under 8, Under 10,Under 12 and Under 14 years based on 3x3x3	Medals
Participation	Anybody who participates at the competition	Certificates

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Note: The Organising Team has the complete right to change the Prizes if needed without any prior Information.
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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.