Competitions · United Arab Emirates

Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018

Dubai · 10 March 2018 · 8 events · 105 competitors · 115 personal bests

Francisco Hamlin won three of the eight events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Francisco Hamlin by 0.89 seconds. 105 competitors produced 115 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ali Bassam set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 3:31.16.

Three wins

Francisco Hamlin — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet

0.89s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Francisco Hamlin over Jeriel James Thomas

115

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jeriel James Thomas	7.91	8.50
2×2	Francisco Hamlin	1.78	2.20
4×4	Abishua James Thomas	35.06	38.93
3×3 blindfolded	Fawaz Ahmed	6:12.55	—
3×3 one-handed	Francisco Hamlin	12.79	15.93
Pyraminx	Jeriel James Thomas	4.30	4.71
Square-1	Subhadeep Sarkar	14.48	16.79
3×3 with feet	Francisco Hamlin	47.48	56.50

The PB harvest

115 set · 50 still standing

Advait Anand — Pyraminx single 2.79: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Fawaz Taha — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Reeves Manley — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Mohammad Owais — Pyraminx single 4.61: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Siddarth Natarajan — 3×3 single 12.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Fawaz Taha — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Maxime Merz — Pyraminx single 5.35: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Maxime Merz — 2×2 single 3.22: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

28 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

105 competitors · 413 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 8.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.