Competitions · United Arab Emirates

GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018

Dubai · 27 October 2018 · 7 events · 89 competitors · 129 personal bests

Jeriel James Thomas won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mohammad Owais by 0.02 seconds. 89 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmad Abu Hussein set the Skewb single national record: 10.68.

Two wins

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

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Mohammad Owais over Jeriel James Thomas

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jeriel James Thomas	7.61	9.10
2×2	Mohammad Owais	2.89	3.08
4×4	Abishua James Thomas	31.92	33.07
3×3 blindfolded	Eissa Alshemali	3:11.78	—
3×3 one-handed	Jeriel James Thomas	15.29	17.83
Pyraminx	Abishua James Thomas	3.25	4.74
Skewb	Sidharth Sawhney	2.46	4.21

The PB harvest

129 set · 67 still standing

Haddy Alchaer — Pyraminx single 2.55: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Anirudh Manoj — 3×3 single 8.79: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Rafael Elijah Medina Wang — Pyraminx single 3.69: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Jamaal Burah — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Haddy Alchaer — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Khalid Alsuwaidi — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Mohammad Algargawi — 3×3 single 10.78: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Ali Bassam — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

30 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 406 results · 7 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 9.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.