Competitions · United Arab Emirates

DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026

Dubai · 31 January 2026 · 5 events · 82 competitors · 74 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Abdallah Belal Omar by 0.07 seconds. 82 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nasir Ali Mohammed Dawood Abdalla set the 4×4 single national record: 35.28.

Three wins

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, Abdallah Belal Omar over Jeriel James Thomas

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	6.33	7.42
2×2	Abdallah Belal Omar	1.32	2.32
4×4	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	24.16	25.96
3×3 one-handed	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	11.17	14.66
Pyraminx	Lev Bruskov (Лев Брусков)	2.45	3.20

The PB harvest

74 set · 71 still standing

Abdallah Belal Omar — 3×3 single 7.15: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Julian Riggs — 3×3 single 7.49: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ghanem Hamed Zarook — 3×3 single 8.69: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Eldwyn Charles Gonzales — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Aidin Zajmi — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Armax Zander Guevara — Pyraminx single 3.86: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Ayaan Aneesh Pushpan — 3×3 single 9.98: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Ali Ahmad Alchurbaji — 3×3 one-handed single 14.97: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

82 competitors · 301 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 7.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.