SloMo Cubing
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Hello and welcome back to Week in Review! I have had an awfully packed few months so wasn't able to return to this format for a while (and tbh I wanted this edition out a few days earlier) but I hope you enjoy this week's recap!
Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 49 competitions in Week 12, more comps than any other week in WCA history (until next week that is...)! This gigantic cubing week included: FMC Latin America which provided venues in 20 different cities across 11 countries, Clock specialist competitions in São Paulo and Sydney, The most southern competition ever in Invercargill, New Zealand, and 'Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan', of which all proceeds have gone to a charity aiding a 3-year-old child in affording important treatment for spinal muscular atrophy.
Please enjoy
Records
Here are the top 10 records of the week:
This section is dedicated to people who have noticeably improved in specific events and show great potential!
Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 49 competitions in Week 12, more comps than any other week in WCA history (until next week that is...)! This gigantic cubing week included: FMC Latin America which provided venues in 20 different cities across 11 countries, Clock specialist competitions in São Paulo and Sydney, The most southern competition ever in Invercargill, New Zealand, and 'Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan', of which all proceeds have gone to a charity aiding a 3-year-old child in affording important treatment for spinal muscular atrophy.
Please enjoy
Records
Here are the top 10 records of the week:
- Jacob Chambers broke the Clock World Record Single with 2.77 Seconds at Wiltshire Spring! Cham's second WR breaks Yunhao Lou's 2.87 from almost 2 years prior and featured in an average with 3 sub-3 solves, doubling the total amount ever!
- Andrey Che broke the OH European Record Single with 6.29 Seconds at Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan! This lowers the ER to a mere 0.09 seconds from the world record single, and is Andrey's first continental record after having broken the Russian OH NRs 15 times over the past 8 years!
- Subsequently, in the OH Final Andrey achieved a new Russian Record Average of 9.77 Seconds! This places 16th in the world and is Russia's first sub-10 average after many close calls from Andrey in the past few months!
- Krzysztof Bober broke the 3BLD European Record Single with 15.02 Seconds at Cube Factory! This places 5th in the world and is Krzysztof's sixth ER across both 3BLD and MBLD!
- Sean Moran set a new Megaminx UK Record Average of 33.96 Seconds at Wiltshire Spring! This is Sean's 15th NR for Megaminx and aptly places 15th in the world!
- Adrien Auvray Matyn set a new SQ-1 New Zealand Record Average of 6.15 Seconds at Southernmost Solving! This places 10th in the world and overtakes Alessandro Ricci as the world record with the Lin method!
- Celine Tran set a new 7x7 Norwegian Record Single of 2:01.60 at Bergen Spring! This overtakes Kate Grahame as Female World Record by a whole 8 seconds and is Celine's overall PB, placing 16th in the world!
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) set a new Megaminx Hong Kong Record Single of 31.80 Seconds at Pickering C! This places 11th in Asia and lowers Burno's previous NR by over 2 seconds from only a month prior!
- Celine Tran's 2:01.60 7x7 NR single was also part of a 2:11.47 Norwegian Record Mean! This places 17th in the world and is also FWR!
- Park Ji Won (박지원) broke the SQ-1 Asian Record Single with 5.02 Seconds at Ansan Spring! This is his second Asian Record for Square-1 after having the average back in 2021, and inches Asia ever closer to sub-5!
This section is dedicated to people who have noticeably improved in specific events and show great potential!
- Adrien Auvray Matyn - 2.11 Pyraminx Average at Southernmost Solving. His previous PB was 2.77, and this places 4th in New Zealand, 7th in Oceania and 37th in the world!
- Ben Zhao - 53.46 5x5 Average at Everything in Evanston B. His previous PB was 58.98, and this places 24th in the United States, 27th in North America and 101st in the world!
- Brenton Angelo Lo Wong - 12.88 OH Average at the Luzon Championship. His previous PB was 14.10, and this places 7th in the Philippines, 85th in Asia and 271st in the world!
- EunKyeol Seo (서은결) - 4.74 Clock Average (South Korean Record) at Ansan Spring. His previous PB was 8.38, and this places 3rd in Asia and 24th in the world!
- Giorgi Minasiani (გიორგი მინასიანი) - 6.83 3x3 Average (Georgian Record) at Back To Tbilisi. His previous PB was 7.95, and this places 32nd in Europe and 126th in the world!
- Jaemin Chang (장재민) - 7.36 SQ-1 Average at Ansan Spring. His previous PB was 7.72, and this places 3rd in the Republic of Korea, 6th in Asia and 36th in the world!
- Jode Brewster - 28.09 4x4 Average at Launceston Autumn. His previous PB was 29.75, and this places 4th in Australia, 5th in Oceania and 100th in the world!
- Junseop Kim (김준섭) - 6.77 SQ-1 Average (Asian Record) at Ansan Spring. His previous PB was 7.58, and this places 19th in the world!
- Neil Gour - 5.19 Clock Average (Indian Record) at the Oculus Cube Open. His previous PB was 5.87, and this places 6th in Asia and 55th in the world!
- Stanley Chapel - 1.43 2x2 Average at Everything in Evanston A. His previous PB was 1.55, and this places 8th in the United States, 10th in North America and 33rd in the world!
