Oman Open 2023

Date: Mar 11, 2023
City: Muscat, Oman
Venue: HORMUZ Grand Muscat hotel
Address: Al Matar St Muscat 111, 128, Oman
Details: room Oryx 1
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Baha Alshwaiki, Farah Omar Alomar, and Ron van Bruchem
WCA Delegates: Aysha Jamsheer, Baha Alshwaiki, and Ron van Bruchem

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Information

This is the first WCA competition in Oman.
The competition is the national championship of Oman for the year 2023.
The competition is open to all persons from all countries.

There will be prizes and honours:
- top 3 competitors with the nationality of Oman
- competitors without the nationality of Oman, who finish in top 3 of an event

Events
Main event
Competitors: 28

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Mihir Narayan won with an average of 8.96 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Niko Ronkainen finished second (9.48) and Mohammed Al Said finished third (11.21).

Aidan Dobrowski - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	16	25.45	28.80	United States	25.45	30.12	37.97	27.42	28.87
	First round	17	22.66	28.23	United States	27.33	34.44	28.73	28.63	22.66
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	8.23	8.82	United States	8.42	10.27	8.77	9.28	8.23
	First round	12	7.09	9.32	United States	12.20	10.43	9.25	8.27	7.09

Ammar Taqi - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	21	30.02	38.52	Oman	40.18	30.02	34.05	41.34	1:00.35
	First round	20	29.16	32.46	Oman	30.59	38.37	29.16	32.48	34.31
2x2x2 Cube	Final	13	6.72	12.02	Oman	12.61	6.72	11.77	11.69	12.88
	First round	9	5.71	7.94	Oman	8.85	5.71	7.98	7.80	8.05
4x4x4 Cube	Final	11	2:03.14		Oman	2:03.14	2:35.53

Aws Sarayji - Jordan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	17	25.24		30.64		Jordan	25.24	36.87	26.78	28.26	44.49
	First round	16	22.89		27.30		Jordan	24.42	31.03	26.45	33.41	22.89

Aysha Jamsheer - Bahrain WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	15.43	17.09	Bahrain	16.29	16.95	15.43	18.03	22.59
	Second round	8	15.27	17.82	Bahrain	15.27	16.80	18.19	18.46	27.28
	First round	7	12.51	14.73	Bahrain	14.82	15.41	12.51	13.97	17.13

Baha Alshwaiki - Jordan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	11.71	14.04	Jordan	11.71	12.37	15.30	15.39	14.46
	Second round	3	11.22	12.51	Jordan	12.37	18.00	11.22	12.37	12.78
	First round	6	9.55	13.18	Jordan	13.14	9.55	15.26	13.68	12.71
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	3.69	4.89	Jordan	4.84	5.23	5.69	3.69	4.60
	First round	3	3.85	5.22	Jordan	4.85	4.83	3.85	6.65	5.99
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	46.76	52.43	Jordan	48.99	55.73	54.46	46.76	53.84
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	16.37	29.58	Jordan	24.75	DNF	18.96	45.02	16.37

Farah Omar Alomar - Kuwait WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	20	22.28	32.10	Kuwait	22.28	48.55	24.97	26.88	44.45
	First round	18	22.82	29.37	Kuwait	22.82	27.11	36.76	29.92	31.07
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	7.07	8.64	Kuwait	8.35	7.50	12.16	7.07	10.08
	First round	13	6.25	10.02	Kuwait	6.25	12.15	9.55	22.66	8.37
4x4x4 Cube	Final	10	1:57.85	2:19.40	Kuwait	1:57.85	2:22.37	2:39.96	2:16.77	2:19.05
5x5x5 Cube	Final	9	DNF		Kuwait	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	8	50.82	1:08.15	Kuwait	50.82	1:16.22	58.49	1:10.87	1:15.08

Faris Ahmed AlSharaf - Bahrain WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	25	44.30		46.58		Bahrain	1:11.79	50.52	44.57	44.30	44.64
2x2x2 Cube	First round	17	10.50		17.96		Bahrain	17.30	21.49	10.50	18.39	18.19

Gabriel Mansour - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	23	37.26		44.16		Canada	44.22	49.18	52.48	39.09	37.26
2x2x2 Cube	First round	18	12.25		21.43		Canada	12.25	20.32	23.60	26.20	20.37

Gautam Pramod Kumar - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	27	48.57		56.92		India	56.75	48.57	1:04.74	51.31	1:02.70

Hamza Al Lawati - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	13	21.60		24.57		Oman	21.60	27.22	23.74	25.92	24.06
	First round	15	20.17		26.13		Oman	25.14	25.89	36.13	20.17	27.35

Hamza Saeed Abdul Ghafoor Saif Udeen - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	11	17.37	21.24	Oman	22.51	24.29	17.37	19.95	21.26
	First round	13	21.11	24.43	Oman	24.57	23.33	DNF	25.38	21.11
2x2x2 Cube	First round	20	17.32	27.31	Oman	DNF	17.32	17.79	17.57	46.57

Hamza Saeed Abdul Ghafoor Saif Udeen - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	22	24.88		35.65		Oman	46.08	DNF	24.88	35.72	25.16
2x2x2 Cube	First round	19	16.44		26.82		Oman	42.05	21.73	16.44	1:44.73	16.68

Ibrahim Daniyal Rashid - Pakistan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	24	40.93	44.89	Pakistan	42.83	40.93	47.11	44.74	1:05.37
2x2x2 Cube	Final	15	8.67	15.79	Pakistan	21.56	25.56	16.61	8.67	9.21
	First round	15	12.66	16.88	Pakistan	17.55	17.94	15.14	12.66	23.07

Ibrahim Elsawy - Egypt WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	14.35	19.29	Egypt	19.95	27.74	14.35	19.15	18.78
	Second round	9	16.69	20.48	Egypt	18.35	47.07	16.69	19.33	23.76
	First round	11	19.61	23.38	Egypt	19.61	23.32	22.64	24.57	24.17
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	2.69	8.81	Egypt	2.69	9.24	7.48	9.72	10.00
	First round	7	5.35	7.62	Egypt	6.83	5.35	7.28	8.74	10.79
4x4x4 Cube	Final	13	2:57.31		Egypt	3:12.13	2:57.31
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	58.76	1:11.40	Egypt	1:03.39	1:20.84	DNF	58.76	1:09.96

Khalfan Salim Al-Arfi - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	26	27.28		53.65		Oman	1:09.95	45.82	45.17	1:12.34	27.28
2x2x2 Cube	First round	16	12.32		16.97		Oman	15.38	23.94	14.66	20.87	12.32

Mazin Altarshi - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	12	20.59	22.50	Oman	20.73	23.21	20.59	25.33	23.56
	First round	10	18.11	23.31	Oman	24.85	23.88	DNF	21.20	18.11
2x2x2 Cube	Final	14	9.36	14.09	Oman	16.02	16.49	9.77	22.94	9.36
	First round	14	8.66	12.85	Oman	15.78	10.35	12.41	8.66	16.31

Mihir Narayan - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	7.14	8.96	India	9.60	8.27	10.28	7.14	9.00
	Second round	1	7.15	8.50	India	8.85	7.72	7.15	8.94	9.59
	First round	1	6.26	7.43	India	6.67	14.58	6.54	6.26	9.08
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	2.43	3.58	India	2.81	3.68	2.43	4.24	5.25
	First round	1	2.60	3.22	India	3.51	2.60	5.55	2.93	3.21
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	28.84	32.49	India	28.84	32.38	34.64	32.82	32.27
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	1:01.14	1:04.26	India	1:04.28	1:01.14	1:03.52	1:06.16	1:04.97
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	12.18	13.12	India	12.18	12.25	13.89	13.23	14.73

Mohammed Al Said - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	10.55	11.21		Oman	10.55	11.81	11.07	DNF	10.74
	Second round	5	10.12	12.69		Oman	12.00	15.96	10.12	11.86	14.20
	First round	4	9.52	11.03		Oman	10.72	11.49	12.31	10.87	9.52
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	33.52	37.64		Oman	39.50	36.70	36.72	33.52	39.63
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	1:00.95	1:04.94	NR	Oman	1:07.05	1:06.35	1:00.95	1:10.06	1:01.41

Mohammed Jaffer Baqer Mohamed - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	10	15.46	20.91	Oman	22.61	20.07	23.75	20.06	15.46
	First round	9	18.96	22.37	Oman	23.52	DNF	23.34	18.96	20.26
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	4.94	6.11	Oman	6.03	5.59	6.71	8.25	4.94
	First round	8	5.47	7.63	Oman	7.21	17.43	9.30	6.38	5.47
4x4x4 Cube	Final	9	1:10.58	1:44.96	Oman	2:03.04	1:49.40	1:27.65	1:57.84	1:10.58
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	27.69	39.37	Oman	43.02	44.11	30.97	44.75	27.69

Nasir Ali Mohammed Dawood Abdalla - United Arab Emirates WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	10.83		12.78		United Arab Emirates	13.90	12.09	12.36	15.66	10.83
	Second round	4	11.08		12.54		United Arab Emirates	14.50	12.16	11.21	11.08	14.24
	First round	5	8.86	NR	12.47	NR	United Arab Emirates	12.73	11.51	8.86	13.18	13.67
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	4.09		4.82		United Arab Emirates	5.43	4.82	4.09	4.21	5.98
	First round	4	3.70		5.39		United Arab Emirates	4.85	5.69	6.59	5.62	3.70
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	59.19		1:02.13		United Arab Emirates	59.19	59.94	1:02.10	DNF	1:04.35
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	2:04.53	NR	2:13.55	NR	United Arab Emirates	2:58.22	2:15.37	2:04.53	2:17.15	2:08.14
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	31.99		40.66		United Arab Emirates	40.20	40.38	41.40	31.99	50.47

Niko Ronkainen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	8.32	9.48	Finland	9.93	8.32	10.45	9.92	8.60
	Second round	2	9.48	10.26	Finland	11.23	9.64	10.59	10.55	9.48
	First round	2	7.78	10.34	Finland	7.78	8.87	9.61	13.90	12.55
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	1.62	2.49	Finland	1.98	2.37	1.62	5.57	3.11
	First round	5	2.38	5.86	Finland	2.38	7.10	7.40	DNF	3.09
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	38.72	42.77	Finland	44.73	44.11	39.48	38.72	44.75
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	1:04.92	1:21.14	Finland	1:25.28	1:04.92	1:26.33	1:24.03	1:14.11
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	16.27	18.87	Finland	19.81	20.47	16.34	21.07	16.27

Ramona Orzel - Germany WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	28	1:48.73		2:17.25		Germany	DNF	1:51.74	1:48.73	2:49.17	2:10.83

Ron van Bruchem - Netherlands WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	7	13.65	14.91	Netherlands	13.65	15.35	15.31	14.07	22.12
	First round	8	14.47	15.56	Netherlands	14.47	17.65	14.50	15.86	16.32
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	6.04	7.10	Netherlands	7.02	6.04	6.41	8.37	7.87
	First round	6	4.33	6.09	Netherlands	6.40	7.03	5.28	6.59	4.33
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	52.85	57.73	Netherlands	52.85	1:09.33	53.11	1:01.52	58.56
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:49.85	1:54.84	Netherlands	1:52.45	1:53.78	2:04.19	1:58.29	1:49.85
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	7	38.10	48.14	Netherlands	57.07	38.10	43.03	DNF	44.32

Saif Al Deen Iyad Rahhal - Jordan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	19	23.87	31.23	Jordan	29.33	43.88	31.03	23.87	33.32
	First round	21	24.45	33.30	Jordan	24.45	30.64	35.67	33.60	47.88
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	7.50	10.00	Jordan	10.78	8.69	10.54	14.13	7.50
	First round	11	7.99	9.26	Jordan	10.61	7.99	14.45	8.78	8.40
4x4x4 Cube	Final	12	2:52.97		Jordan	DNF	2:52.97
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	5:26.62		Jordan	DNF	5:26.62

Sultan Abdulkarim Alzarooni - United Arab Emirates WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	14	20.67	25.60	United Arab Emirates	27.24	20.67	24.65	DNF	24.90
	First round	12	20.25	24.18	United Arab Emirates	29.78	21.63	29.68	20.25	21.22
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	6.23	8.54	United Arab Emirates	9.39	7.38	9.79	6.23	8.86
	First round	10	6.29	8.48	United Arab Emirates	6.29	10.15	8.15	9.76	7.52
4x4x4 Cube	Final	8	1:29.02	1:42.17	United Arab Emirates	1:51.64	1:32.77	1:42.10	1:29.02	1:58.70
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	3:34.68		United Arab Emirates	3:39.54	3:34.68

Wisam Khalid Al Shesh - Jordan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	15	20.00		25.61		Jordan	28.53	30.32	25.14	20.00	23.15
	First round	14	19.56		24.98		Jordan	21.46	22.94	30.55	33.96	19.56

Yasin Kashmiry - Egypt WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	18	26.02		30.97		Egypt	DNF	29.60	26.02	31.13	32.19
	First round	19	24.38		30.13		Egypt	27.43	32.81	31.68	24.38	31.27

Zaid Taqi - Oman WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	10.42		11.72		Oman	13.26	12.08	11.58	11.50	10.42
	Second round	6	9.04		12.81		Oman	12.50	14.86	9.04	12.02	13.90
	First round	3	9.78		10.68		Oman	9.78	12.10	10.85	9.86	11.32
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	2.84	NR	6.75		Oman	8.73	5.13	6.40	2.84	9.28
	First round	2	3.79		4.39		Oman	3.93	4.93	8.62	3.79	4.30
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	45.17		50.82		Oman	45.17	52.89	48.07	51.84	52.55
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:19.00		1:31.22		Oman	1:31.86	1:38.26	1:23.54	1:19.00	1:49.99
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	25.07	NR	29.05	NR	Oman	31.16	31.78	29.97	26.02	25.07