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Israel Summer Open 2019

Herzliya · 17 July 2019 · 9 events · 69 competitors · 76 personal bests

Ben Baron won two of the nine events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Shlomo Ben Shalom by 0.31 seconds. 69 competitors produced 76 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Roy Tamir set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 26 moves.

Two wins
Ben Baron — 3×3, Megaminx
0.31s
closest final — 2×2, Shlomo Ben Shalom over Yakir Goldberg
76
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ben Baron6.988.32
2×2Shlomo Ben Shalom2.292.97
3×3 blindfoldedYoni Strassberg46.35
3×3 Fewest MovesRoy Tamir26 moves28.33
3×3 one-handedRoy Tamir13.3314.47
MegaminxBen Baron46.4750.65
4×4 blindfoldedDaniel Atlas8:18.50
5×5 blindfoldedDaniel Atlas18:34.00
3×3 Multi-BlindRon Libman11 of 11 cubes · 52:02

The PB harvest

76 set · 39 still standing
  • Shlomo Ben Shalom — 3×3 single 6.66: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
  • Avshalom Sharavani — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Shlomo Ben Shalom — 2×2 single 2.29: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Dvir Levi — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Yoni Strassberg — 3×3 blindfolded single 46.35: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Omer Shabtay — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Yakir Goldberg — 3×3 one-handed single 16.04: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Maayan Haim Alexander — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 293 results · 9 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 8.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.