Competitions · United Arab Emirates

City Centre Sharjah Open 2019

Sharjah · 13 September 2019 · 10 events · 69 competitors · 93 personal bests

Jeriel James Thomas won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Abishua James Thomas by 0.34 seconds. 69 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bandar Al Aish set the Clock single national record: 15.12.

Three wins

Jeriel James Thomas — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.34s

closest final — Pyraminx, Abishua James Thomas over Sidharth Sawhney

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jeriel James Thomas	7.31	8.40
2×2	Mohammad Owais	1.96	2.44
4×4	Jeriel James Thomas	33.30	36.93
5×5	Abishua James Thomas	1:04.86	1:09.59
3×3 blindfolded	Akash Rupela	1:01.23	—
3×3 one-handed	Jeriel James Thomas	13.11	15.28
Clock	Matteo Dummar	8.31	8.97
Pyraminx	Abishua James Thomas	3.58	5.85
Skewb	Pratik Khanna	3.31	4.14
3×3 Multi-Blind	Akash Rupela	6 of 9 cubes · 51:53	—

The PB harvest

93 set · 49 still standing

Sidharth Sawhney — Skewb single 2.07: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Yerkin Assylbek — Skewb single 2.51: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Sidharth Sawhney — 3×3 single 10.10: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Shaunak Basu — Pyraminx single 4.05: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Mihir Narayan — Skewb single 3.60: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Mohamed Rashid Alsuwaidi — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Natheir Abu-Dahab — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Muhammad Mubarak — 3×3 single 12.25: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

16 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 354 results · 10 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. Jeriel James Thomas won it with a 8.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.