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Competitions · United Arab Emirates

Wellspring Open 2017

Ras Al Khaimah · 2 December 2017 · 6 events · 41 competitors · 56 personal bests

Francisco Hamlin won three of the six events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Francisco Hamlin by 0.15 seconds. 41 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Khalid Alsuwaidi set the Skewb single national record: 9.02.

Three wins
Francisco Hamlin — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Francisco Hamlin over Abishua James Thomas
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jeriel James Thomas7.909.46
2×2Francisco Hamlin1.643.18
4×4Francisco Hamlin39.1741.19
3×3 one-handedFrancisco Hamlin12.4114.30
PyraminxAbishua James Thomas3.264.46
SkewbSidharth Sawhney3.334.83

The PB harvest

56 set · 14 still standing
  • Subhadeep Sarkar — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Sidharth Sawhney — Pyraminx single 4.02: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Bharath Santhosh — Pyraminx single 4.34: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Siddarth Natarajan — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Mehak Zehra — 3×3 single 12.91: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Yash Raj Punja — 2×2 single 3.59: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Hanok Jacob — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Bharath Santhosh — 3×3 single 17.09: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

17 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 195 results · 6 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 9.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.