Competitions · Bahrain

Ramli Mall Open 2018

Aali · 17 August 2018 · 7 events · 59 competitors · 52 personal bests

Baha Alshwaiki won four of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Baha Alshwaiki by 0.36 seconds. 59 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aysha Jamsheer set the 4×4 single national record: 47.92.

Four wins

Baha Alshwaiki — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.36s

closest final — 5×5, Baha Alshwaiki over Nawaf Aldrees

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nawaf Aldrees	9.83	11.12
2×2	Mohammad Algargawi	2.71	3.73
4×4	Baha Alshwaiki	51.63	55.27
5×5	Baha Alshwaiki	1:40.97	1:44.03
3×3 one-handed	Baha Alshwaiki	18.56	24.01
Pyraminx	Ahamed Mohideen Maluk	4.58	5.65
Skewb	Baha Alshwaiki	2.45	8.37

The PB harvest

52 set · 21 still standing

Nawaf Aldrees — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Mohammad Algargawi — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Rashid Alhajri — 3×3 single 10.95: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Mohammad Algargawi — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Rashid Alhajri — Pyraminx single 4.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Hussain Bukhamsin — 2×2 single 2.83: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Adithyaa Hariharan — 2×2 single 2.98: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Hussain Bukhamsin — Pyraminx single 5.37: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

40 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 242 results · 7 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. Nawaf Aldrees won it with a 11.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.