Competitions · Israel

Israel Championship 2017

Netanya · 30 August 2017 · 8 events · 168 competitors · 182 personal bests

Eyal Alfasi won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Itamar Dorman by 0.13 seconds. 168 competitors produced 182 personal bests, 105 of which still stand today, and 81 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Avshalom Sharavani set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 13.98.

Four wins

Eyal Alfasi — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — Skewb, Itamar Dorman over Roy Tamir

182

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eyal Alfasi	8.05	9.55
2×2	Eyal Alfasi	2.11	3.12
4×4	Eyal Alfasi	35.59	41.16
5×5	Eyal Alfasi	1:14.17	1:22.67
3×3 blindfolded	Rotem Ifrach	1:52.72	—
3×3 one-handed	Roy Tamir	14.74	17.34
Pyraminx	Tommy Tanaka	3.21	4.76
Skewb	Itamar Dorman	4.66	5.60

The PB harvest

182 set · 105 still standing

Tommy Tanaka — Pyraminx single 3.21: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Ben Nissim Romano — 3×3 single 9.01: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Josh Frankel — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Gal Peled — Skewb single 3.34: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Refael Chdad — 3×3 single 9.82: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Itay Novhari — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Danila Cheptsov — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Adam Saguy Cohen — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

81 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

168 competitors · 709 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 9.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

168 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.