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Hannukubing 2019

Tel Aviv · 30 December 2019 · 5 events · 66 competitors · 77 personal bests

Ben Baron won three of the five events (3×3, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Roy Tamir by 0.20 seconds. 66 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ben Baron set the 3×3 single national record: 5.61.

Three wins
Ben Baron — 3×3, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.20s
closest final — 2×2, Roy Tamir over Ben Baron
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ben Baron5.619.33
2×2Roy Tamir1.462.92
3×3 blindfoldedYoni Strassberg55.22
PyraminxBen Baron4.226.97
SkewbBen Baron3.485.51

The PB harvest

77 set · 35 still standing
  • Yakir Goldberg — 3×3 single 8.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Yakir Goldberg — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Eitan Schild — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Yoni Strassberg — Pyraminx single 4.09: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Mordechai Daniel — Pyraminx single 5.14: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Even — Pyraminx single 5.19: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
  • Eitan Schild — Pyraminx single 5.29: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
  • Yakir Goldberg — Pyraminx single 5.60: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 269 results · 5 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 9.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.