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Israel Championship 2025

Rehovot · 25 August 2025 · 16 events · 286 competitors · 548 personal bests

Ben Baron won nine of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Rotem Kagan by 0.12 seconds. 286 competitors produced 548 personal bests, 332 of which still stand today, and 67 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yoav Vishne set the Megaminx single national record: 30.90.

Nine wins
Ben Baron — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.12s
closest final — Pyraminx, Rotem Kagan over Netanel Pour
548
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ben Baron5.276.90
2×2Yoav Vishne1.171.37
4×4Ben Baron25.3227.85
5×5Ben Baron49.8652.56
6×6Ben Baron1:34.551:39.13
7×7Ben Baron2:20.612:25.62
3×3 blindfoldedBen Baron18.9922.55
3×3 one-handedBen Baron9.9411.16
ClockBen Matyas3.854.70
MegaminxYoav Vishne30.9033.35
PyraminxRotem Kagan1.682.42
SkewbRon Borutsky2.242.55
Square-1Guy Zarian6.407.67
4×4 blindfoldedMark Sander3:30.464:20.24
5×5 blindfoldedBen Baron7:52.36—
3×3 Multi-BlindBen Baron28 of 31 cubes · 54:42—

The PB harvest

548 set · 332 still standing
  • Yoav Vishne — Skewb single 1.51: into the top 0.47% of the event's history.
  • Yoel Khanin — Skewb single 1.86: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Roy Tamir — Skewb single 1.89: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Ben Matyas — Skewb single 1.97: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Mark Sander — Skewb single 2.02: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Talia Albaranes — Skewb single 2.04: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Erez Orlovsky — Skewb single 2.15: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Matanya Greenwald — Clock single 3.68: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

67 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

286 competitors · 2448 results · 16 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 6.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

286 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.