Competitions · Israel

Israel Championship 2019

Hod Hasharon · 14 April 2019 · 8 events · 157 competitors · 125 personal bests

Ben Baron won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Roy Tamir by 0.15 seconds. 157 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 91 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ben Baron set the 5×5 single national record: 1:02.28.

Five wins

Ben Baron — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.15s

closest final — Skewb, Roy Tamir over Ben Baron

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Baron	7.15	8.28
2×2	Ben Baron	1.83	2.59
4×4	Ben Baron	32.56	34.03
5×5	Ben Baron	1:02.28	1:09.75
3×3 blindfolded	Yoni Strassberg	59.23	—
3×3 one-handed	Ben Baron	14.29	14.49
Pyraminx	Tommy Tanaka	3.82	4.23
Skewb	Roy Tamir	4.60	5.43

The PB harvest

125 set · 52 still standing

Yoni Strassberg — 3×3 one-handed single 13.87: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Noam Ben-Shaanan — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Koren Perets — 2×2 single 2.29: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Omer Shabtay — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Gali Prat — 3×3 single 10.28: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Assaf Barkat — 3×3 single 11.29: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Koren Perets — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Natti Dasta — 3×3 single 11.39: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

91 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

157 competitors · 626 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. Ben Baron won it with a 8.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

157 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.