Competitions · Jordan

Jordan Nationals 2023

Amman · 6 October 2023 · 14 events · 57 competitors · 80 personal bests

Niko Ronkainen won nine of the 14 events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Niko Ronkainen by 0.28 seconds. 57 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nasir Ali Mohammed Dawood Abdalla set the 3×3 single national record: 8.86.

Nine wins

Niko Ronkainen — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Skewb

0.28s

closest final — 4×4, Niko Ronkainen over Mohamad Khalifeh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Adam Tiro	7.44	8.34
2×2	Niko Ronkainen	1.30	2.45
4×4	Niko Ronkainen	37.76	39.32
5×5	Niko Ronkainen	1:10.89	1:14.73
6×6	Niko Ronkainen	2:14.40	2:21.80
7×7	Niko Ronkainen	3:43.06	3:49.14
3×3 blindfolded	Omar Hijazi	—	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Niko Ronkainen	30 moves	32.00
3×3 one-handed	Niko Ronkainen	16.96	17.98
Clock	Niko Ronkainen	5.62	6.04
Megaminx	Adam Zeidan	1:04.11	1:14.65
Pyraminx	Abdallah Almaharmeh	3.30	4.89
Skewb	Niko Ronkainen	3.46	4.57
Square-1	Abdallah Almaharmeh	13.28	16.85

The PB harvest

80 set · 36 still standing

Nasir Ali Mohammed Dawood Abdalla — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Owen Kwok — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Hamzah Baareh — Pyraminx single 5.05: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Yazan Ahmad Sultan Naamneh — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Owen Kwok — 3×3 single 12.31: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Albara Mahmoad Shanna'a — 4×4 single 43.12: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Hamzah Baareh — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Owen Kwok — Pyraminx single 5.65: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

24 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 326 results · 14 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. Adam Tiro won it with a 8.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.