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Sharet School 2018

Netanya · 25 March 2018 · 2 events · 83 competitors · 54 personal bests

Ben Baron won two of the two events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ben Baron by 0.20 seconds. 83 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shlomo Ben Shalom set the 3×3 single national record: 7.30.

Two wins
Ben Baron — 3×3, 2×2
0.20s
closest final — 3×3, Ben Baron over Eyal Alfasi
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ben Baron8.309.64
2×2Ben Baron3.103.35

The PB harvest

54 set · 25 still standing
  • Snir Ben Arush — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Lia Sobel — 3×3 single 10.73: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Lia Sobel — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Tzruyah Freidenberg-Sharbat — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Ziv Refaeli — 2×2 single 3.45: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
  • Tomer Haimov — 3×3 single 14.71: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
  • Gali Prat — 2×2 single 3.85: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Yuval Khaskelberg — 2×2 single 3.97: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 204 results · 2 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 9.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.