Competitions · Israel

Kubiat Esther 2022

Beit Berl · 16 March 2022 · 6 events · 92 competitors · 67 personal bests

Ben Baron won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ben Baron by 0.04 seconds. 92 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 58 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ben Baron set the 3×3 average national record: 7.24.

Four wins

Ben Baron — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Square-1

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Ben Baron over Yoav Vishne

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Baron	6.36	7.24
2×2	Ben Baron	1.03	1.90
4×4	Ben Baron	27.20	30.23
3×3 blindfolded	Liav Bengayev	40.33	—
Skewb	Ofek Egozi	2.90	3.85
Square-1	Ben Baron	12.23	14.71

The PB harvest

67 set · 19 still standing

Gilad Cohen — 3×3 single 7.38: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Yoav Zaidenberg — 3×3 single 9.12: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Eitan Schild — 4×4 single 33.68: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Rotem Eisner — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Maor Youavian — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Yosef — 4×4 single 38.43: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Amit Sheffer — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Shai Laronne — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

58 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

92 competitors · 442 results · 6 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 7.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.