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Around the Clock Israel 2024

Natanya · 5 September 2024 · 17 events · 54 competitors · 175 personal bests

Ben Baron won nine of the 17 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yoav Vishne by 0.08 seconds. 54 competitors produced 175 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Ben Baron set the 5×5 single national record: 43.13.

Nine wins
Ben Baron — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.08s
closest final — 2×2, Yoav Vishne over Ben Matyas
175
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yoav Vishne6.027.15
2×2Yoav Vishne1.091.28
4×4Ben Baron25.0028.54
5×5Ben Baron51.2153.29
6×6Ben Baron1:36.381:38.90
7×7Ben Baron2:38.002:41.85
3×3 blindfoldedBen Baron34.63
3×3 Fewest MovesRoy Tamir24 moves
3×3 one-handedBen Baron10.3211.27
ClockBen Baron4.224.87
MegaminxYoav Vishne32.8837.08
PyraminxNetanel Pour1.751.91
SkewbYoav Vishne2.433.29
Square-1Guy Zarian8.249.50
4×4 blindfoldedBen Baron3:25.75
5×5 blindfoldedBen Baron9:44.99
3×3 Multi-BlindYoad Yahalom Weiss14 of 14 cubes · 58:02

The PB harvest

175 set · 44 still standing
  • Netanel Pour — 3×3 single 5.27: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
  • Ben Baron — 5×5 single 43.13: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
  • Guy Taragano — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
  • Elai Amit-Wender — 3×3 one-handed single 10.07: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Elai Amit-Wender — Clock single 3.65: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Elisha Schuster — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Luna Sarfati — Pyraminx single 2.88: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Levi Krassenstein — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

54 competitors · 728 results · 17 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. Yoav Vishne won it with a 7.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.