Competitions · United Arab Emirates

Raha Open 2023

Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi · 21 May 2023 · 5 events · 76 competitors · 84 personal bests

Mihir Narayan won two of the five events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by France Bautista by 0.20 seconds. 76 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ali Alshamsi set the 2×2 single national record: 1.68.

Two wins

Mihir Narayan — 3×3, Pyraminx

0.20s

closest final — 2×2, France Bautista over Mihir Narayan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mihir Narayan	7.84	8.36
2×2	France Bautista	2.28	2.64
4×4	Yerkin Assylbek	30.82	32.29
Pyraminx	Mihir Narayan	3.42	4.45
Skewb	France Bautista	4.22	5.35

The PB harvest

84 set · 46 still standing

Yerkin Assylbek — 2×2 single 1.10: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
Mihir Narayan — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
France Bautista — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
France Bautista — 3×3 single 6.86: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Koutaro Maeda (前田宏太朗) — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Ratheesh Gnanadoss Maniraj — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ali Alshamsi — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Ishan Shibu — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 293 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 8.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.