Competitions · Israel

Episode V - The PBQ Strikes Back Israel 2025

Be'er Ya'akov · 11 April 2025 · 2 events · 12 competitors · 4 personal bests

Ben Baron won two of the two events (3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded). 12 competitors produced 4 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Roy Tamir set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 20 moves.

Two wins

Ben Baron — 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ben Baron	24 moves	24.67
4×4 blindfolded	Ben Baron	3:23.37	—

The PB harvest

4 set · 2 still standing

Roy Tamir — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 20 moves: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Yoad Yahalom Weiss — 4×4 blindfolded single 4:26.77: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

12 competitors · 25 results · 2 events.

Everyone who competed

12 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.