Competitions · Israel

Cubing for Yuval 2023

Modi'in · 1 October 2023 · 6 events · 148 competitors · 248 personal bests

Ben Baron won four of the six events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yoav Vishne by 0.48 seconds. 148 competitors produced 248 personal bests, 81 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yoav Vishne set the 2×2 single national record: 0.93.

Four wins

Ben Baron — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.48s

closest final — 2×2, Yoav Vishne over Ben Matyas

248

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Baron	5.94	6.60
2×2	Yoav Vishne	1.25	1.40
4×4	Zecharya Moshavi	22.41	26.30
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Baron	21.84	—
3×3 one-handed	Ben Baron	11.62	12.21
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ben Baron	19 of 22 cubes · 57:25	—

The PB harvest

248 set · 81 still standing

Harel Erlanger — 3×3 single 6.87: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Ofek Egozi — 2×2 single 1.34: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Chaim Goldin — 2×2 single 1.35: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Asaf Rotshtein — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Tom Shimon — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Yoad Yahalom Weiss — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Yedidya Nisim Shimoni — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Mordechai Daniel — 3×3 single 7.86: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

148 competitors · 1001 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. Ben Baron won it with a 6.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

148 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.