Competitions · United Arab Emirates

Dubai Summer Open 2022

Dubai · 10 September 2022 · 13 events · 130 competitors · 74 personal bests

Mihir Narayan won three of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Daniel Adel Alhayki by 0.13 seconds. 130 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 96 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohammed Al Said set the 3×3 single national record: 9.35.

Three wins

Mihir Narayan — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.13s

closest final — Skewb, Daniel Adel Alhayki over Niko Ronkainen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mihir Narayan	7.26	7.70
2×2	Arnav Adani	2.29	2.85
4×4	Mihir Narayan	31.56	33.10
5×5	Mohammed Al Said	1:00.28	1:06.29
6×6	Hargun Singh Tikku	1:53.38	1:54.27
3×3 blindfolded	Arnav Adani	1:20.61	—
3×3 one-handed	Mihir Narayan	14.94	15.21
Clock	Sukant Koul	5.41	6.37
Megaminx	Hargun Singh Tikku	40.94	45.64
Pyraminx	Daniel Adel Alhayki	4.04	4.76
Skewb	Daniel Adel Alhayki	3.03	4.43
Square-1	Sukant Koul	9.54	11.64
3×3 Multi-Blind	Akash Rupela	7 of 9 cubes · 52:27	—

The PB harvest

74 set · 30 still standing

Kyle Andrei Pasion Sioco — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
France Bautista — Skewb single 2.91: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Adel Alhayki — Skewb single 3.03: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Karan Suresh Nair — 3×3 single 10.49: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Karan Suresh Nair — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Hazil Abdul Rahiman — 3×3 single 11.39: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Daniel Adel Alhayki — Square-1 single 17.21: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
Mehak Zehra — Pyraminx single 6.32: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

96 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

24 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

130 competitors · 527 results · 13 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. Mihir Narayan won it with a 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

130 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.