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Bethlehem 2025

Bethlehem · 17 April 2025 · 9 events · 33 competitors · 55 personal bests

Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein won four of the nine events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Adam Tiro by 0.60 seconds. 33 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adam Tiro set the 3×3 single national record: 6.41.

Four wins
Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.60s
closest final — 2×2, Adam Tiro over Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Adam Tiro6.417.90
2×2Adam Tiro2.313.00
4×4Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein34.0136.01
3×3 blindfoldedAziza Sbeih2:34.722:54.26
3×3 one-handedMohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein14.0116.70
MegaminxMohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein52.6858.92
PyraminxMohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein5.305.64
SkewbAziza Sbeih2.395.84
Square-1Aziza Sbeih20.0122.83

The PB harvest

55 set · 27 still standing
  • Aziza Sbeih — Skewb single 2.39: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Zaid Abdeen — Pyraminx single 3.08: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Adam Tiro — 3×3 one-handed single 13.78: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Yousef Ayman Ahmad — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Khaled Mohammad Shanty — Pyraminx single 4.40: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Yousef Ayman Ahmad — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Zaid Abdeen — Skewb single 4.55: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Yousef Ayman Ahmad — 3×3 single 12.49: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 202 results · 9 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. Adam Tiro won it with a 7.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.