Competitions · Israel

Cubing in the Succah 2019

Petah Tikva · 15 October 2019 · 4 events · 100 competitors · 97 personal bests

Ben Baron won three of the four events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Shlomo Ben Shalom by 0.29 seconds. 100 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ben Baron set the 5×5 single national record: 59.34.

Three wins

Ben Baron — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded

0.29s

closest final — 4×4, Shlomo Ben Shalom over Ben Baron

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Baron	7.32	8.45
4×4	Shlomo Ben Shalom	31.84	33.81
5×5	Ben Baron	59.34	1:05.97
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Baron	58.51	—

The PB harvest

97 set · 34 still standing

Daniel Atlas — 3×3 single 8.32: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Shlomo Ben Shalom — 4×4 single 30.90: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Dvir Levi — 3×3 single 10.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Gil Avraham — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Maayan Haim Alexander — 4×4 single 37.70: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Guy Ostfeld — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Shlomo Ben Shalom — 5×5 single 1:10.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Karin Ficher — 4×4 single 42.49: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 275 results · 4 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 8.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.