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Kuwait Open 2017

Kuwait City · 15 July 2017 · 3 events · 32 competitors · 4 personal bests

Husain Nasser Al-Marhon won the 3×3 with a 15.55 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Husain Nasser Al-Marhon by 0.75 seconds. 32 competitors produced 4 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Eissa Alshemali set the 2×2 single national record: 2.77.

3
events decided
0.75s
closest final — 3×3, Husain Nasser Al-Marhon over Sulaiman Mohammed Kabeer
4
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Husain Nasser Al-Marhon14.6115.55
2×2Eissa Alshemali3.794.97
4×4Sulaiman Mohammed Kabeer57.331:05.84

The PB harvest

4 set · 1 still standing

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 102 results · 3 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. Husain Nasser Al-Marhon won it with a 15.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.