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Lagos Open 2022

Lagos · 20 August 2022 · 8 events · 40 competitors · 15 personal bests

Ayooluwa Samuel Dada won five of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sadiq Ahmed by 0.02 seconds. 40 competitors produced 15 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ehikhuemen Paul set the 4×4 single national record: 39.31.

Five wins
Ayooluwa Samuel Dada — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx
0.02s
closest final — 3×3, Sadiq Ahmed over Emmanuel Hawkins
15
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sadiq Ahmed10.1410.78
2×2Ayooluwa Samuel Dada2.714.16
4×4Ayooluwa Samuel Dada41.0142.43
5×5Ayooluwa Samuel Dada1:14.241:15.76
3×3 blindfoldedAyooluwa Samuel Dada3:36.90
3×3 one-handedSadiq Ahmed18.5319.88
MegaminxAyooluwa Samuel Dada54.601:02.67
PyraminxEmmanuel Hawkins5.246.79

The PB harvest

15 set · 5 still standing
  • Ehikhuemen Paul — 3×3 single 9.84: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Ehikhuemen Paul — 4×4 single 39.31: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Ehikhuemen Paul — 3×3 one-handed single 18.01: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Ehikhuemen Paul — 5×5 single 1:22.52: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
  • Ehikhuemen Paul — Megaminx single 1:35.87: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 135 results · 8 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. Sadiq Ahmed won it with a 10.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.