Competitions · United Arab Emirates

Sharjah Open 2019

Sharjah · 19 April 2019 · 8 events · 83 competitors · 118 personal bests

Jeriel James Thomas won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Abishua James Thomas by 0.15 seconds. 83 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rami El Mallah set the 2×2 single national record: 2.53.

Three wins

Jeriel James Thomas — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.15s

closest final — Pyraminx, Abishua James Thomas over Daniyal Arstambek (Даниял Арстамбек)

118

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jeriel James Thomas	6.61	8.70
2×2	Abishua James Thomas	2.58	3.28
4×4	Jeriel James Thomas	32.84	37.35
5×5	Abishua James Thomas	1:06.84	1:09.36
3×3 blindfolded	Matteo Dummar	2:00.10	—
3×3 one-handed	Jeriel James Thomas	10.73	14.64
Pyraminx	Abishua James Thomas	2.38	4.37
Skewb	Pratik Khanna	3.00	4.34

The PB harvest

118 set · 49 still standing

Abishua James Thomas — Pyraminx single 2.38: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Mohammad Owais — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Mohammad Owais — 3×3 one-handed single 14.95: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Anna Katreena Montero — 3×3 single 11.77: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Arjun Anand Mallya — 3×3 single 12.25: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Arjun Anand Mallya — Skewb single 4.77: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Khalid Alsuwaidi — 2×2 single 3.26: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Mohamed Rashid Alsuwaidi — Skewb single 4.91: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

21 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 392 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. Jeriel James Thomas won it with a 8.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.