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Kubiat HaNegev A 2023

Be'er Sheva · 2 April 2023 · 3 events · 43 competitors · 39 personal bests

Roy Tamir won the 3×3 with a 9.06 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Roy Tamir by 0.03 seconds. 43 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Zecharya Moshavi set the 5×5 single national record: 47.98.

3
events decided
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Roy Tamir over Zecharya Moshavi
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Roy Tamir7.419.06
5×5Zecharya Moshavi51.3052.88
3×3 one-handedAmit Schori13.3214.99

The PB harvest

39 set · 14 still standing
  • Amit Bar — 3×3 single 9.82: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Yair Studinski — 3×3 single 10.30: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Ido Salman — 3×3 single 10.41: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Dror Sadeh — 3×3 one-handed single 19.15: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Amit Schori — 5×5 single 1:19.42: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Alon Ron — 5×5 single 1:23.86: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
  • Yam Muchtar — 5×5 single 1:43.86: into the top 38.2% of the event's history.
  • Yoav Nevo — 3×3 one-handed single 28.53: into the top 43.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 199 results · 3 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. Roy Tamir won it with a 9.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.