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Mombasa · 7 December 2025 · 5 events · 11 competitors · 6 personal bests

Sur Shah won four of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sur Shah by 0.05 seconds. 11 competitors produced 6 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rehan Osman set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 1:15.89.

Four wins

Sur Shah — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Sur Shah over Jason Kipkurui

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sur Shah	11.13	12.37
2×2	Sur Shah	3.11	4.34
4×4	Sur Shah	45.82	50.64
3×3 one-handed	Sur Shah	24.62	28.81
Pyraminx	Kelvin Githiari Waturi	8.95	10.85

The PB harvest

6 set · 4 still standing

Sur Shah — 4×4 single 45.82: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Rehan Osman — 3×3 single 39.03: into the top 75.7% of the event's history.
Denis Ndemwa — Pyraminx single 13.87: into the top 77.2% of the event's history.
Rehan Osman — 2×2 single 10.16: into the top 78.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

11 competitors · 46 results · 5 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Sur Shah won it with a 12.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R' U B' R2 B2 L' D2 R2 B' U2 F' L2 B R2 B' U2 B' R' F
2F R' B R' B2 R' U' B2 U2 B' D2 R U2 R2 D2 R' D2 R D2 B2
3D2 R2 U2 R U2 B2 D B L' B U R2 F' L U' R2 F2
4R2 D' B2 U' L2 U' L2 B L F' U' L R U' B2 L F' D
5F R2 U F' U' L2 U L2 D F2 R2 B' L F' R' U2 F2 D'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

11 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.