Competitions · Egypt

Egypt Winter 2024

Cairo · 3 February 2024 · 4 events · 131 competitors · 72 personal bests

Olaf Kuźmiński won four of the four events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Olaf Kuźmiński by 0.88 seconds. 131 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 91 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hannah Nader Eskander set the 3×3 single national record: 6.46.

Four wins

Olaf Kuźmiński — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.88s

closest final — 3×3, Olaf Kuźmiński over Ulrik Bredland

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Olaf Kuźmiński	6.44	7.21
2×2	Olaf Kuźmiński	1.00	1.56
4×4	Olaf Kuźmiński	29.09	33.53
Pyraminx	Olaf Kuźmiński	2.24	2.44

The PB harvest

72 set · 35 still standing

Hannah Nader Eskander — 3×3 single 6.46: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Adam Shalaby — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Hannah Nader Eskander — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Youssef Gamal Eldeen Faher Eldeen Ahmed — 3×3 single 9.17: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Ramy Magdy Helmy — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Mohamed Yahia Antakli — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Danial B. Ali Nurdin — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Mouaaz Sherif Salman — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

91 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

131 competitors · 450 results · 4 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. Olaf Kuźmiński won it with a 7.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

131 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.