Competitions · Oman
Oman Open 2023
Muscat · 11 March 2023 · 5 events · 28 competitors · 12 personal bests
Mihir Narayan won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mihir Narayan by 0.52 seconds. 28 competitors produced 12 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 15 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.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mihir Narayan | 7.14 | 8.96 |
| 2×2 | Niko Ronkainen | 1.62 | 2.49 |
| 4×4 | Mihir Narayan | 28.84 | 32.49 |
| 5×5 | Mihir Narayan | 1:01.14 | 1:04.26 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Mihir Narayan | 12.18 | 13.12 |
The PB harvest
12 set · 5 still standing- Baha Alshwaiki — 3×3 single 9.55: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
- Sultan Abdulkarim Alzarooni — 2×2 single 6.23: into the top 53.2% of the event's history.
- Sultan Abdulkarim Alzarooni — 4×4 single 1:29.02: into the top 62.9% of the event's history.
- Ibrahim Daniyal Rashid — 2×2 single 8.67: into the top 71.8% of the event's history.
- Khalfan Salim Al-Arfi — 2×2 single 12.32: into the top 85.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
15 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
5 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
28 competitors · 123 results · 5 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. Mihir Narayan won it with a 8.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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U2 F2 D2 L2 U2 L2 F2 U L2 U' F R F U' F' L' B U2 F2 D' - 2
B' U2 R2 U2 B' D2 R2 F2 L' U' R B2 F U' F2 D' U2 L' U - 3
B' R2 D' R2 U2 B2 F2 U L2 D' U2 R' U' B F' U2 R U F2 U - 4
L U' L2 D2 F' D2 U2 L2 F U2 F2 L2 D' B R F L2 U R' F - 5
F D' B L2 U2 L2 U L' D2 B2 U2 D L2 U' L2 F2 D' L F'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
28 competitors- Aidan Dobrowski
- Ammar Taqi
- Aws Sarayji
- Aysha Jamsheer
- Baha Alshwaiki
- Farah Omar Alomar
- Faris Ahmed AlSharaf
- Gabriel Mansour
- Gautam Pramod Kumar
- Hamza Al Lawati
- Hamza Saeed Abdul Ghafoor Saif Udeen
- Hamza Saeed Abdul Ghafoor Saif Udeen
- Ibrahim Daniyal Rashid
- Ibrahim Elsawy
- Khalfan Salim Al-Arfi
- Mazin Altarshi
- Mihir Narayan
- Mohammed Al Said
- Mohammed Jaffer Baqer Mohamed
- Nasir Ali Mohammed Dawood Abdalla
- Niko Ronkainen
- Ramona Orzel
- Ron van Bruchem
- Saif Al Deen Iyad Rahhal
- Sultan Abdulkarim Alzarooni
- Wisam Khalid Al Shesh
- Yasin Kashmiry
- Zaid Taqi
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.