Competitions · United Arab Emirates

DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025

Dubai · 26 January 2025 · 5 events · 72 competitors · 55 personal bests

Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) won two of the five events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко) by 0.26 seconds. 72 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohammed Mehdi Hussein Murtaza Mohamedali set the 3×3 single national record: 15.46.

Two wins

Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) — 3×3, 5×5

0.26s

closest final — 2×2, Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко) over Zaid Taqi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов)	7.02	7.50
2×2	Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко)	1.37	2.24
4×4	Gabriel Tan	25.84	32.96
5×5	Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов)	43.72	49.94
Pyraminx	Gabriel Tan	4.97	6.08

The PB harvest

55 set · 36 still standing

Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) — 5×5 single 43.72: into the top 0.51% of the event's history.
Gabriel Tan — 4×4 single 25.84: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко) — 3×3 single 6.86: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Ali Ahmad Alchurbaji — 3×3 single 6.88: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко) — 2×2 single 1.37: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Mohammed Al Said — 5×5 single 53.28: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Vidur Arun — 3×3 single 8.20: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Zaid Taqi — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

72 competitors · 227 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. Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) won it with a 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.