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Morocco Comeback 2023

Casablanca · 12 August 2023 · 8 events · 26 competitors · 6 personal bests

Mohamed Elkhatri won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mohamed Elkhatri by 1.64 seconds. 26 competitors produced 6 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohamed Elkhatri set the 3×3 single national record: 6.43.

Three wins
Mohamed Elkhatri — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
1.64s
closest final — 3×3, Mohamed Elkhatri over Badr Ait Belaid
6
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mohamed Elkhatri8.318.80
2×2Badr Ait Belaid3.363.95
4×4Mohamed Elkhatri36.3844.41
5×5Lilya Lagzouli1:31.611:36.34
3×3 blindfoldedMohammed Sabir4:06.50
3×3 one-handedMohamed Elkhatri14.6918.75
PyraminxBadr Ait Belaid3.483.86
SkewbAnass Doublal7.139.60

The PB harvest

6 set · 3 still standing
  • Mohamed Elkhatri — 3×3 single 6.43: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
  • Zacaria Maritoune — Pyraminx single 7.57: into the top 32.6% of the event's history.
  • Fady Loukili — 3×3 one-handed single 57.23: into the top 82.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

26 competitors · 160 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. Mohamed Elkhatri won it with a 8.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

26 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.