RESULTS – MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026
We’re happy to announce the results of MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026.
Jayakanthan R of Chennai, the defending champion, retains his MindSweep with a score of 89. Close behind were Calvin with 88 and Sourjo Sengupta with 86.
Category toppers:
- Arts – 12 (Gokul)
- Food & Beverages – 15 (R Jayakanthan)
- Movies & TV – 14 (Govind Grewal, Raamanujan)
- Literature – 12 (Sourjo Sengupta, Hrishikesh Varma, Abhinav Dasgupta)
- Music – 13 (Calvin, Govind )
- Sciences – 13 (Calvin, Sparsh Pradeep Jain)
- Social Sciences – 13 (Jayakanthan, Hrishikesh)
- Sports & Games – 12 (Calvin, Sourjo, Thejaswi Udupa, Baibaswata Jena, Rama Subramanian)
The results of the prelims of MegaWhats 2026, the KQA’s annual inter-city written quiz, are also below. Our congratulations to Rude Mechanicals from Chennai for topping the prelims. Here are the automatic qualifiers: the top 10 city winners and the top 6 non-city winners.
City Winners:
- Rude Mechanicals (Chennai)
- Congrats All (Bengaluru)
- Bombay Ducks (New Delhi)
- Matunga Manram (Mumbai)
- Feni, Vidi, Vici (Goa)
- Swami and Friends (Hyderabad)
- Smells Like Team Spirit (Kolkata)
- Onko Mastors (Guwahati)
- Live to Eat (Coimbatore)
- Sanat, Rishika, Anant (Ahmedabad)
Top 6 non-city winners:
- Aswath, Keshava, Praveen, Hrishi (Bengaluru)
- Peter Panchali (Bengaluru)
- Vast Deference (New Delhi)
- My Way or Samanway (Mumbai)
- Relapsed Quizzaholics (Chennai)
- Nexus Gravitas (Bengaluru)
The KQA invites the winners to participate in the MW semifinals at AsKQAnce on 26 June 2026. Each team is allowed a maximum of two changes per team; please confirm your participation by replying to the email sent. The other qualifiers are listed below. The semifinal line-up will be published closer to AsKQAnce.
Once again, a big thank you to all the quiz organisations, proctors, participants, and our quiz setters. See you in 2027!
| # | Category | Name | Centre | Total | Arts | Food & Beverages | Movies & TV | Literature | Music | Sciences | Social Sciences | Sports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | R. Jayakanthan | Chennai | 89 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 |
| 2 | Open | Calvin | Bangalore | 88 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | Open | Sourjo Sengupta | Bangalore | 86 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Open | Hrishikesh Varma | Bangalore | 80 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| 5 | Open | Thejaswi Udupa | Bangalore | 75 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | Open | Shaswat S | Bangalore | 75 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | Open | Wrichik Basu | Kolkata | 75 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | OPEN | GOKUL | NEW DELHI | 75 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | OPEN | ANNIE SEN GUPTA | GOA | 74 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Open | Govind Grewal | Mumbai | 72 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Open | Jaidev Karunakaran | Bangalore | 71 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| 12 | Open | Abhinav Dasgupta | Mumbai | 71 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | Open | Praveen VR | Bangalore | 70 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | Open | Mario Fernando | Chennai | 69 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 15 | Ladies | Jayashree Mohanka | Kolkata | 68 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| 16 | Open | Keshav Athreya | Bangalore | 67 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| 17 | Open | Baibaswata Jena | Kolkata | 67 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| 18 | Open | Raouf | Bangalore | 66 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 19 | Open | Raamanujan | Ahmedabad | 66 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 20 | Open | Nikhil Sonde | Mumbai | 66 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| 21 | OPEN | MANU SUDHAKAR | THRISSUR | 66 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| 22 | OPEN | AYUSH SHARMA | NEW DELHI | 64 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | College | Sparsh Pradeep Jain | IIT Kanpur | 63 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 24 | Open | Harish | IIIT Hyderabad | 62 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| 25 | Open | Sandipan Goswami | Guwahati | 61 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 26 | Open | Sanat Pai Raikar | Bangalore | 60 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 27 | OPEN | MUHAMMAD MUNAVVIR | NEW DELHI | 60 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 28 | OPEN | BALAGOPAL | NEW DELHI | 60 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 29 | Open | Kunal Roy | Mumbai | 58 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 30 | Open | Krishan Shetty | Bangalore | 57 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 31 | Open | Abid Abdulla | Bangalore | 56 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 32 | College | Sushant S | Bangalore | 53 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| 33 | Open | Anand Sivashankar | Chennai | 53 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 34 | Open | Kushan Patel | Ahmedabad | 52 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 35 | Ladies | Kavya Ramasubramanian | Bangalore | 50 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| 36 | Open | Anirudh Chari | Kolkata | 50 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 37 | Open | Bala | Mumbai | 50 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 38 | Open | Swaminathan | Chennai | 49 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 39 | Open | Abhay Vikram | Mumbai | 49 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 40 | Open | Kumar Kirti | Mumbai | 49 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 41 | Open | Sujay Mathias | Bangalore | 48 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 42 | Open | Abhilash | Bangalore | 48 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 43 | Open | Saarthak Chabra | IIIT Hyderabad | 48 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 44 | Open | Saransh Mohapatra | Kolkata | 48 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 45 | Open | Bryan Robert | Bangalore | 47 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 46 | Open | Srihari | IIIT Hyderabad | 46 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 47 | OPEN | SANTONAB | NEW DELHI | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 48 | Open | Aswin Cheerath Anilkumar | Bangalore | 45 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 49 | Open | Abhishek Suhil | IIIT Hyderabad | 45 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 50 | Open | Rama Subramanian | IIIT Hyderabad | 45 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 51 | OPEN | HARIKARTIK RAMESH | NEW DELHI | 45 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 52 | Open | Mahendra Balu | Bangalore | 43 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 53 | Open | Krishna Sumanth | Chennai | 43 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 54 | Open | Rajat Gururaj | Bangalore | 41 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 55 | College | Gayatri Giri | Kolkata | 41 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 56 | Ladies | Swetha P | Bangalore | 40 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 57 | College | Tanish Sharma | Ahmedabad | 40 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 58 | College | Aryaan Basu | Kolkata | 40 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 59 | OPEN | SOMASISH GHOSH | NEW DELHI | 40 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 60 | OPEN | ANIRUDH SURENDRANATH | THRISSUR | 40 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 61 | OPEN | SHUJOY DUTTA | GOA | 40 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 62 | OPEN | PRAVEEN JAYARAJ | Coimbatore | 39 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 63 | Open | Ananya B | IIIT Hyderabad | 39 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 64 | Open | Francis Rodrigues | Mumbai | 39 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 65 | Open | Anish Roy | Mumbai | 39 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 66 | Open | Alok G Singh | Bangalore | 38 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 67 | Open | Gaurav Haloi | Guwahati | 38 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 68 | Open | Shayak Chakraborty | Kolkata | 38 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 69 | Open | Anmol | Mumbai | 38 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 70 | Open | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee | Bangalore | 37 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 71 | Open | Kapinjal Kishore Sharma | Guwahati | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 72 | College | Druhan | IIIT Hyderabad | 37 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 73 | Open | Debajyoti Adhikari | Kolkata | 37 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 74 | OPEN | NIRMALYA BISWAS | SILIGURI | 37 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Open | D Ghosh | Kolkata | 36 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 76 | Open | Nayan Dhar | Mumbai | 36 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 77 | College | Mohixit Goswami | Guwahati | 35 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 78 | Open | Gautam Ghosh | Kolkata | 35 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 79 | Open | Sudip Kalyan Dey | Kolkata | 35 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 80 | Open | Sarvesh Shenoy | Mumbai | 35 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 81 | College | Prabhat | Mumbai | 35 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| 82 | COLLEGE | SHREYASH MALL | NEW DELHI | 35 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 83 | College | Anant Narayan | Ahmedabad | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 84 | Open | Siddharth | Chennai | 34 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 85 | OPEN | ROSHAN KRISHNA | Coimbatore | 34 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 86 | College | Adirtya Das Choudhury | Guwahati | 34 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 87 | College | Ashutosh Rana | IIT Kanpur | 34 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 88 | OPEN | SAGAR AGARWAL | SILIGURI | 34 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 89 | LADIES | AASTHA DUA | GOA | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 90 | Open | Shubham | Bangalore | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 91 | OPEN | ASHWATH SIVAKUMAR | Coimbatore | 33 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 92 | College | Md Waqar Moid | Kolkata | 33 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 93 | Open | Anubhav Bhattacharjee | Mumbai | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 94 | Open | Abhijith Bhadran | Mumbai | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 95 | College | Nikilesh GK | Bangalore | 32 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 96 | College | Moksh Dalal | IIT Kanpur | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 97 | Open | Pranav Chakravarthy | Bangalore | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 98 | Open | Samartha | Bangalore | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 99 | Open | Rahul A | Bangalore | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 100 | Open | Akshay Sreyas | Bangalore | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 101 | Ladies | Anuradha Dharwadkar | Ahmedabad | 30 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 102 | Open | Sharath Jose | Chennai | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 103 | Open | Sneha Ann Reji | IIIT Hyderabad | 30 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 104 | College | Prabhav | IIIT Hyderabad | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 105 | Open | Vinod Jacob Matthew | Bangalore | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 106 | Open | Nikhil Jha | Bangalore | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 107 | Open | Shivish Shukla | Mumbai | 29 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 108 | Open | A. Santhanam | Chennai | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 109 | Open | Shravan | Chennai | 28 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 110 | OPEN | NIKHIL BORRA | NEW DELHI | 28 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 111 | LADIES | VIOLA R | GOA | 28 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 112 | Open | Ashwin Kumar KS | IIIT Hyderabad | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 113 | Open | Ujjwal Nath | India/Mysuru | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 114 | Open | Sudarshan Sundarrajan | Bangalore | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 115 | Open | Berty Ashley | India/Mysuru | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 116 | OPEN | ARAVIND SN | Coimbatore | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 117 | College | Abraham Paul | IIIT Hyderabad | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 118 | OPEN | ABIR SEN | SILIGURI | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Open | Vani S | India/Mysuru | 24 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 120 | COLLEGE | ARNAV GARG | NEW DELHI | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 121 | OPEN | ADITYA RAGHURAM | NEW DELHI | 23 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 122 | OPEN | ACHINTYA RANJAN | NEW DELHI | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 123 | Ladies | Divya Kumar | Bangalore | 22 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 124 | College | Haaris | IIIT Hyderabad | 22 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 125 | Open | Shiladitya Ganguli | Kolkata | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 126 | OPEN | PAUL GATWARD | GOA | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 127 | Open | Shiva Prabhakaran | Bangalore | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 128 | Open | Sanveer Singh Puri | Ahmedabad | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 129 | College | Akhilan Ramesh | Bangalore | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 130 | Open | Sankar Roy | Kolkata | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 131 | OPEN | PRASHANT SINHA | NEW DELHI | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 132 | Open | Mahadevan | Bangalore | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 133 | College | Varun S | Chennai | 19 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 134 | Open | Swathi PG | Chennai | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 135 | OPEN | ARYAN RAJ | NEW DELHI | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 136 | College | Rishika Raj | Ahmedabad | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 137 | OPEN | HEMANT KHIMCHI | Coimbatore | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 138 | Open | Omkar B | Mumbai | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 139 | Open | Rohan Umesh | Bangalore | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 140 | Open | Pavan Madhukar Bhat | Bangalore | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 141 | Open | Madhusudan K | Bangalore | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 142 | Open | Ronnie Joseph | Chennai | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 143 | Open | Shreyas Sridhar | Mumbai | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 144 | Open | Pranav Bontadkar | Mumbai | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 145 | Open | Rishabh Jain | Mumbai | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 146 | Open | Rudrapriya Chakraborty | Guwahati | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 147 | OPEN | SARTHAK BATRA | NEW DELHI | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 148 | LADIES | SWATI P | GOA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 149 | College | Bittu Pandey | IIT Kanpur | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 150 | OPEN | GOKUL H | THRISSUR | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 151 | OPEN | MANASHIKA | Coimbatore | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 152 | College | Aakash Pal | IIT Kanpur | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 153 | Open | Ankit Patil | Mumbai | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 154 | Open | K Kartikeya | IIIT Hyderabad | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 155 | WOMEN | SREEJA DUTTA | NEW DELHI | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 156 | Open | K. Palani | Chennai | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 157 | OPEN | v ANTO | Coimbatore | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 158 | STUDENT | KOYEL SAHA | SILIGURI | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 159 | SCHOOL | PARIKSHIT | Coimbatore | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| # | CITY | TEAM | SCORE | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHENNAI | Rude Mechanicals | 50 | National Winner |
| 2 | BANGALORE | Congrats All | 46.5 | City Winner |
| 3 | NEW DELHI | Bombay Ducks | 45 | City Winner |
| 4 | BANGALORE | Keshava Aswath VR Hrishi | 44 | Q1 |
| 5 | BANGALORE | Peter Panchali | 43.5 | Q2 |
| 6 | NEW DELHI | Vast Deference | 42 | Q3 |
| 7 | MUMBAI | Matunga Manram | 42 | City Winner |
| 8 | GOA | Feni, Vidi, Vici | 41.5 | City Winner |
| 9 | MUMBAI | My Way or Samanway | 40.5 | Q4 |
| 10 | HYDERABAD | Swami and Friends | 39.5 | City Winner |
| 11 | CHENNAI | Relapsed Quizzaholics | 39.5 | Q5 |
| 12 | BANGALORE | Nexus Gravitas | 39 | Q6 |
| 13 | NEW DELHI | Aardvarks | 38.5 | WL1 |
| 14 | KOLKATA | Smells Like Team Spirit | 38.5 | City Winner |
| 15 | NEW DELHI | Dos Zeros Y Ciatres | 38.5 | WL2 |
| 16 | CHENNAI | Quizzers Anonymous | 38 | WL3 |
| 17 | KOLKATA | Banshees of Answerin | 38 | WL4 |
| 18 | CHENNAI | Siva, Vijay, Krishna, Raju | 37 | WL5 |
| 19 | KOLKATA | Hammer and Tongs | 36.5 | |
| 20 | GUWAHATI | Onko Mastors | 35.5 | City Winner |
| 21 | COIMBATORE | Live to Eat | 35 | City Winner |
| 22 | NEW DELHI | Amlan, Munaveer, Vallari, Prateek | 35 | |
| 23 | MUMBAI | Totaled Recall | 34.5 | |
| 24 | BANGALORE | KQAnon | 34 | |
| 25 | BANGALORE | SJU Quizzers | 33 | |
| 26 | BANGALORE | Great Steel Heavy Lifters | 33.5 | |
| 27 | KOLKATA | Joy East Bengal | 32.5 | |
| 28 | BANGALORE | Mohemmadan Blockbusters | 31.5 | |
| 29 | BANGALORE | Tri Vandrumates | 31 | |
| 30 | GUWAHATI | Sankardev Swimming Academy | 31 | |
| 31 | BANGALORE | Pranjal, Kavya, JP, Rahath | 30.5 | |
| 32 | NEW DELHI | Anything Goes | 30.5 | |
| 33 | NEW DELHI | Al Fayeda | 30 | |
| 34 | HYDERABAD | Angan Teda | 29 | |
| 35 | AHMEDABAD | Sanat, Rishika, Anant | 28.5 | City Winner |
| 36 | CHENNAI | Arjun, Akshay, Keshav, Magiyhan | 28 | |
| 37 | KOLKATA | Inmaniacs | 28 | |
| 38 | MUMBAI | Vada Pavar Rangers | 28 | |
| 39 | NEW DELHI | Me, Myself and I | 28 | |
| 40 | BANGALORE | Megawhatifs | 27.5 | |
| 41 | BANGALORE | Nikilesh, Jishnu, Tisha, Akhilan | 27 | |
| 42 | BANGALORE | Manspread Mansplain Manipulate | 27 | |
| 43 | NEW DELHI | Scream Queens | 27 | |
| 44 | COIMBATORE | Questionable Characters | 26 | |
| 45 | GOA | Deewane Mastane Parwane | 26 | |
| 46 | HYDERABAD | Andhadhun | 25.5 | |
| 47 | NEW DELHI | Rishi, Ankit, Shreyash, Avanie | 25.5 | |
| 48 | CHENNAI | Shivaji the Boss | 25 | |
| 49 | KANPUR | Moksh, Sparsh | 24.5 | City Winner |
| 50 | MUMBAI | Nerdsnipe Buddhas | 24.5 | |
| 51 | MUMBAI | Traspassers will Be Teamed up With | 24.5 | |
| 52 | NEW DELHI | Reserve Fixtures | 24 | |
| 53 | MYSORE | 3 & a half Idiots | 23.5 | City Winner |
| 54 | AHMEDABAD | Mimir Tonight | 22.5 | |
| 55 | MUMBAI | Bali ke Bakre | 22.5 | |
| 56 | NEW DELHI | Adda | 22 | |
| 57 | BANGALORE | Four-eign Particles | 21.5 | |
| 58 | BANGALORE | Harsimran, Nikhil | 21 | |
| 59 | HYDERABAD | Fourmidables | 21 | |
| 60 | MUMBAI | Laawaris | 20.5 | |
| 61 | BANGALORE | Just miss | 19.5 | |
| 62 | HYDERABAD | Blur | 19.5 | |
| 63 | BANGALORE | Last Minute | 18.5 | |
| 64 | BANGALORE | Requiem For A Team | 18.5 | |
| 65 | GOA | RSVP | 18.5 | |
| 66 | KOLKATA | A Fistful of Baller | 18.5 | |
| 67 | CHENNAI | Naanga Naalu Per | 18 | |
| 68 | CHENNAI | Swami and friends | 18 | |
| 69 | COIMBATORE | Conquiztadors | 18 | |
| 70 | MYSORE | Mind Numb-ers | 17.5 | |
| 71 | CHENNAI | Floored the test | 17 | |
| 72 | MUMBAI | Anish Aaghaz & Madhur | 17 | |
| 73 | BANGALORE | Dishonourable Mention | 16.5 | |
| 74 | MYSORE | Pradeep Matthew & Co | 15.5 | |
| 75 | GUWAHATI | CI | 15 | |
| 76 | KOLKATA | We Don't Know Nothing | 14 | |
| 77 | BANGALORE | Harry, Yer A Megawizard | 13.5 | |
| 78 | GUWAHATI | NJPD | 13 | |
| 79 | NEW DELHI | Mahanutbandhan | 13 | |
| 80 | CHENNAI | Smudge Fans | 12 | |
| 81 | CHENNAI | ZJZ | 12 | |
| 82 | NEW DELHI | Sarthak, Ayush, Prashant | 10.5 | |
| 83 | GOA | Gang of Four! | 10 | |
| 84 | CHENNAI | Clueless | 9.5 | |
| 85 | CHENNAI | Trisha Vetri Kazhagam | 9.5 | |
| 86 | BANGALORE | The Backbenchers | 9 | |
| 87 | GUWAHATI | Dhurandhar | 9 | |
| 88 | BANGALORE | Team 67 | 6.5 | |
| 89 | GOA | Devki & Tapasya | 5.5 | |
| 90 | COIMBATORE | Kovaipudur Quiz Club | 5 |
MindSweep & MegaWhats 2026 – Proctors
Here is the list of venues and proctors for the quizzes on 17 May
For Bengaluru, contact Hrishi Varma 88841 25047
| # | City | MS proctor | Contact | MW proctor | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmedabad | Ms Mauli | 9924469269 | Aishwarya | 9861338726 |
| 2 | Bengaluru | Venkataraman | 80505 88973 | Debanjan Bose | 97635 60495 |
| 3 | Chennai | Ravi Mundoli | 95000 08907 | Aparna Sriram | 9962009839 |
| 4 | Coimbatore | CR Naveen | 9489347890 | Kabilesh Nataraj | 9345718568 |
| 5 | Goa | Kanchan Gatward | Devika Shetty | 9850884349 | |
| 6 | Guwahati | Bhrigu Talukdar | 70422 2617 | Bhrigu Talukdar | 70422 2617 |
| 7 | Hyderabad | Gregory Paul | 82819 28478 | Gregory Paul | 82819 28478 |
| 8 | Kanpur | Raman Vatsal Misra | 8400074371 | Raman Vatsal Misra | 8400074371 |
| 9 | Kolkata (New Alipore) | Bedbyas Datta | 9830186475 | Bedbyas Datta | 9830186475 |
| Kolkata (Park Circus) (MW only) | NA | NA | Barry Philip Antunis | 9836222698 | |
| 10 | Mumbai | Suvajit Chakraborty | 99308 53913 | Suvajit Chakraborty | 99308 53913 |
| 11 | Mysuru | Anurag G | 94803 83163 | Hemanth | 89042 91479 |
| 12 | New Delhi | Aarohan Dutta | 6371 435 728 | Tarun Mishra | 85740 77727 |
| 13 | Siliguri | Udit Sengupta | 79808 57897 | ||
| 14 | Thrissur (MS Only) | Dr Vijaynath V | 94473 80969 |
Venues – MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026
Here are the venues for MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026.
Please note that Chennai and Mysuru have different venues in the morning and afternoon. Kolkata has two venues, but the one in Park Circus is hosting only MegaWhats. Thrissur will host only MindSweep.
Proctor details will be published separately.
| # | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad University, Room 004, SAS |
| 2 | Bengaluru | Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queens Road (https://share.google/YDIaISvTwyHkgHpq2) |
| 3 | Chennai MINDSWEEP | Higginbothams, Anna Salai (https://maps.app.goo.gl/tnTbg3HJjf7iZ1mj8) |
| Chennai MEGAWHATS | KIS Cafe, Adyar (https://maps.app.goo.gl/py2PKKkHgg4Dxo778?g_st=ac) | |
| 4 | Coimbatore | KPR IAS Academy, Gandhi Park. |
| 5 | Goa | Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau |
| 6 | Guwahati | The Buddha Grove, Bora Service, Guwahati |
| 7 | Hyderabad | Hall D-101, Himalaya Block, IIIT-Hyderabad, Gachibowli |
| 8 | Kanpur | Senate Hall, New Student Activities Centre, IIT Kanpur |
| 9 | Kolkata (New Alipore) | The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Kolkata Branch, Flat A-1/2, 1st Floor, Siddhartha Apartments, 31/3 Sahapur Colony, Block J, New Alipore, Kolkata 700 053. |
| Kolkata (Park Circus) (ONLY MEGAWHATS) | Mother Teresa Hall, Church of Christ the King, 5, Syed Amir Ali Ave, Park Circus, Kolkata - 700017. |
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| 10 | Mumbai | Rajyog Family Restaurant & Bar |
| 11 | Mysuru MINDSWEEP | The Organic Cafe & Bakehouse 218, 9th Cross Rd, Gokulam 3rd Stage, Gokulam, Mysuru, Karnataka 570002 |
| Mysuru MEGAWHATS | Roy's Cafe 38, 2, Gokulam Main Rd, Gokulam 1st Stage, Vani Vilas Mohalla, Mysuru, Karnataka 570002 | |
| 12 | New Delhi | IIT Delhi |
| 13 | Siliguri | Krishnalaya Apartment, College Para, Siliguri |
| 14 | Thrissur (MINDSWEEP only) | Govt. Engineering College |
KQA Events – May 2026
Below is the KQA Schedule for May. Individual events will be announced separately on the WhatsApp groups and Instagram.
