Competitions · Israel

Israel Championship 2014

Ramot Hashavim · 16 April 2014 · 8 events · 92 competitors · 40 personal bests

Eyal Alfasi won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Eyal Alfasi by 0.22 seconds. 92 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 73 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Liamitz set the Megaminx single national record: 1:39.12.

Five wins

Eyal Alfasi — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.22s

closest final — 2×2, Eyal Alfasi over Daniel Liamitz

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eyal Alfasi	9.84	10.81
2×2	Eyal Alfasi	3.22	3.71
4×4	Eyal Alfasi	40.65	46.26
5×5	Eyal Alfasi	1:37.83	1:38.99
3×3 blindfolded	Adam Hadash	3:38.22	—
3×3 one-handed	Eyal Alfasi	19.15	22.12
Megaminx	Daniel Liamitz	1:39.12	1:47.32
Pyraminx	Daniel Liamitz	4.93	6.03

The PB harvest

40 set · 14 still standing

Maor Youavian — Pyraminx single 5.34: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Noam Fadlon — 3×3 single 13.25: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Gal Mankedi — 3×3 single 13.31: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Snir Broshi — 3×3 single 18.63: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.
Idan Hollander — 2×2 single 5.13: into the top 40.9% of the event's history.
Amit Bar Hen — 3×3 single 20.81: into the top 42.2% of the event's history.
Gal Mankedi — 2×2 single 5.36: into the top 43.7% of the event's history.
Maor Youavian — 5×5 single 1:57.50: into the top 47.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

73 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

92 competitors · 325 results · 8 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. Eyal Alfasi won it with a 10.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.