Competitions · Bahrain

SolveIt Bahrain 2026

Janabiyah · 21 August 2026 · 12 events · 68 competitors · 81 personal bests

Mikhail Nikitin won seven of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Hasan Aqeel Nesaif by 0.53 seconds. 68 competitors produced 81 personal bests, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kareem Abbas A. Marzooq set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 15.27.

Seven wins

Mikhail Nikitin — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.53s

closest final — 3×3, Hasan Aqeel Nesaif over Mikhail Nikitin

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hasan Aqeel Nesaif	7.87	9.05
2×2	Abdulrahman Alali	3.24	3.60
4×4	Mikhail Nikitin	31.96	35.04
5×5	Mikhail Nikitin	59.79	1:04.60
6×6	Mikhail Nikitin	1:48.52	1:57.74
3×3 blindfolded	Kacper Paweł Dworak	1:11.59	—
3×3 one-handed	Mikhail Nikitin	14.72	17.31
Clock	Mikhail Nikitin	6.58	8.44
Megaminx	Rey-Ann Constantino	48.14	51.81
Pyraminx	Mikhail Nikitin	3.33	3.68
Skewb	Abdulrahman Alali	3.68	4.06
Square-1	Mikhail Nikitin	15.83	18.76

The PB harvest

81 set · 81 still standing

Ali Hussain Altannak — 3×3 single 8.69: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Muhammed Izaan — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Hadi Ali Abdulla Hasan Alsanabsi — 3×3 single 9.74: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Taha Ahmed — 3×3 single 10.75: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Mohammed Gawahmed — 3×3 single 12.37: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Hadi Ali Abdulla Hasan Alsanabsi — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Abdulmohsin Almarzouq — 3×3 single 13.46: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Ali Hussain Altannak — Pyraminx single 5.94: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 373 results · 12 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. Hasan Aqeel Nesaif won it with a 9.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.