Competitions · Israel

Israel Championship 2016

Ra'anana · 16 August 2016 · 8 events · 272 competitors · 132 personal bests

Eyal Alfasi won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Roy Tamir by 0.54 seconds. 272 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 72 of which still stand today, and 213 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ofek Egozi set the Skewb single national record: 2.47.

Four wins

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

0.54s

closest final — 2×2, Roy Tamir over Eyal Alfasi

132

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eyal Alfasi	8.93	9.76
2×2	Roy Tamir	2.59	3.23
4×4	Eyal Alfasi	33.65	41.85
5×5	Eyal Alfasi	1:24.01	1:25.81
3×3 blindfolded	Yoav Fattal	4:00.68	—
3×3 one-handed	Eyal Alfasi	16.90	18.89
Pyraminx	Daniel Liamitz	4.48	6.05
Skewb	Itamar Dorman	3.61	6.92

The PB harvest

132 set · 72 still standing

Amit Schori — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Yosef — Pyraminx single 3.60: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Yoel Altman — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Daniel Liamitz — Pyraminx single 4.07: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Liamitz — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Lior Fraind — 3×3 single 11.11: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Yoel Altman — Pyraminx single 4.65: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Ido Silvera — Pyraminx single 4.65: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

213 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

272 competitors · 804 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 9.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

272 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.