Competitions · Israel

Israel Championship 2022

Rehovot · 16 August 2022 · 17 events · 240 competitors · 368 personal bests

Ben Baron won ten of the 17 events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ofek Egozi by 0.13 seconds. 240 competitors produced 368 personal bests, 107 of which still stand today, and 102 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Roy Tamir set the 3×3 one-handed single continental record: 6.95.

Ten wins

Ben Baron — 3×3, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.13s

closest final — Skewb, Ofek Egozi over Ariel Benchetrit

368

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Baron	6.02	7.12
2×2	Yoav Vishne	1.17	1.50
4×4	Zecharya Moshavi	25.78	27.84
5×5	Ben Baron	54.84	57.46
6×6	Roy Tamir	2:01.73	2:14.95
7×7	Ben Baron	2:50.41	2:59.62
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Baron	26.65	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ben Baron	21 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Ben Baron	10.24	12.42
Clock	Niv Doron	6.17	7.88
Megaminx	Ben Baron	42.82	45.27
Pyraminx	Itamar Turm	2.13	2.83
Skewb	Ofek Egozi	4.38	5.12
Square-1	Ben Baron	11.68	14.45
4×4 blindfolded	Achia Engel	8:18.91	—
5×5 blindfolded	Ben Baron	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ben Baron	10 of 15 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

368 set · 107 still standing

Roy Tamir — 3×3 one-handed single 6.95: into the top 0.065% of the event's history.
Roy Tamir — Pyraminx single 1.51: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
Yoav Mandelzweig — Pyraminx single 1.90: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Ben Baron — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 21 moves: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Lior Segev — Pyraminx single 2.55: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Ofek Egozi — Pyraminx single 3.48: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Daniel Even — 3×3 single 9.99: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Gilad Cohen — 3×3 one-handed single 14.78: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

102 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

240 competitors · 1545 results · 17 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 7.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

240 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.