Competitions · Kuwait

Hala February Kuwait 2025

Hawally · 21 February 2025 · 8 events · 61 competitors · 87 personal bests

Ahmad Alolaimi won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa by 0.21 seconds. 61 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Omar Ziad set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 1:45.66.

Two wins

Ahmad Alolaimi — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.21s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa over Abdulmohsen Almunayes

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmad Alolaimi	8.10	8.97
2×2	Abdulmohsen Almunayes	3.05	3.33
4×4	Omar Ziad	39.13	42.67
3×3 blindfolded	Akash Rupela	1:02.94	2:04.21
3×3 one-handed	Ahmad Alolaimi	14.76	15.85
Pyraminx	Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa	3.03	4.32
Skewb	Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa	3.12	4.82
3×3 Multi-Blind	Hussain Merza	2 of 2 cubes · 12:40	—

The PB harvest

87 set · 57 still standing

Abdulmohsen Almunayes — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Omar Ziad — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Alkawthar Jaber Akbar — Pyraminx single 3.87: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Sayed Haidar Ibrahim — Pyraminx single 4.10: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Shaikha Albarjas — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Ali Albloushi — Pyraminx single 4.17: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Omar Ziad — Pyraminx single 4.36: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

61 competitors · 336 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

61 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.