Pune Spring Open 2026

Date: Feb 21, 2026
City: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Venue: Seedlings Preschool
Address: Seedlings Preschool and Daycare, Plot No 10 Pancard club road, Opp. Of Tivoli apartment, Baner, Pune, Maharashtra 411045
Details: Ground Floor
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Jay Nikhil Gadgil, Pranav Dandgaval, and Speedcubing Pune
WCA Delegates: Arghadeep Mukherjee and Pranav Dandgaval

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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.

• Only one guest per participant is allowed owing to space constraints in the venue.

• In the event of a theft, injury, etc. the organization team will not be held completely or partially responsible.

• Footwear is not allowed in the venue

Events
Main event
Competitors: 32

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Jay Nikhil Gadgil won with an average of 5.69 seconds in the Clock event. Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap finished second (5.98) and Shubham Maharana finished third (7.93).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Pranav Gadge	6.03	7.34	India	8.00	DNF	6.73	6.03	7.30
2	Shrivatsa Patil	5.90	7.47	India	7.75	10.07	7.19	7.48	5.90
3	Siddhesh Pore	6.45	7.67	India	7.79	6.45	6.70	8.51	10.46

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap	0.57	1.92	India	0.57	1.28	2.60	2.18	2.30
2	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.55	2.21	India	2.44	2.40	1.55	1.80	2.92
3	Shubham Maharana	0.57	2.47	India	0.57	3.40	6.18	2.20	1.82

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Siddhesh Pore	22.62	28.42	India	22.62	31.64	30.58	27.09	27.60
2	Shubham Maharana	25.61	31.19	India	34.69	33.42	29.28	30.88	25.61
3	Palash Gwalia	35.22	36.68	India	36.06	38.20	35.22	35.78	38.98

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Siddhesh Pore	41.36	49.17	India	41.36	50.23	46.80	50.49	53.76
2	Shubham Maharana	52.49	54.31	India	54.20	52.82	59.39	55.90	52.49
3	Palash Gwalia	1:07.99	1:11.68	India	1:09.55	1:18.28	1:13.13	1:12.36	1:07.99

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Pranav Gadge	7.97	9.54	India	10.05	7.97	10.69	8.34	10.23
2	Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap	13.90	14.64	India	16.33	14.84	14.64	13.90	14.45
3	Shrivatsa Patil	13.71	15.43	India	19.86	14.06	14.22	18.02	13.71

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jay Nikhil Gadgil	4.29	5.69	India	4.51	7.57	DNF	4.99	4.29
2	Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap	5.08	5.98	India	5.79	6.46	6.11	6.04	5.08
3	Shubham Maharana	6.16	7.93	India	DNF	9.33	6.16	7.61	6.85