SloMo Cubing
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Hello and welcome back to Week in Review! I'm quite happy to be back, especially with so many important records being broken in the past few weeks 
Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 35 competitions in Week 23! This week included: All five stops on the Colorado Mountain Tour from Saturday to Wednesday, starting at Golden on the west side of Denver and venturing through the Rockies to the city of Grand Junction, two Pride-themed competitions in Vancouver, Canada and Long Beach, California, Zayn Khanani +2ing out of the first ever sub-1 2x2 Average, Mitchell Lane tieing his iconic 6.25 3x3 single from 10 years ago, and my friend Sam Shaw dropping their FMC PR by 20 moves to achieve a 25 single at FMC London Summer amongst many other exciting events and records.
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Records
Here are the top 10 records of the week:
This cool new section is for results that didn't break any national records but are near the top of the rankings, so deserve a special mention!
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 35 competitions in Week 23! This week included: All five stops on the Colorado Mountain Tour from Saturday to Wednesday, starting at Golden on the west side of Denver and venturing through the Rockies to the city of Grand Junction, two Pride-themed competitions in Vancouver, Canada and Long Beach, California, Zayn Khanani +2ing out of the first ever sub-1 2x2 Average, Mitchell Lane tieing his iconic 6.25 3x3 single from 10 years ago, and my friend Sam Shaw dropping their FMC PR by 20 moves to achieve a 25 single at FMC London Summer amongst many other exciting events and records.
Please enjoy
Records
Here are the top 10 records of the week:
- We of course have to start with Max Park breaking the 3x3 World Record Single with 3.13 Seconds in the Pride in Long Beach First round! This destroys the WR of 3.47 set by Yusheng Du 4 years, 6 months and 18 days prior, making it the second longest-standing 3x3 single in history behind the first ever WR in 1982!
- Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) broke the FMC Asian Record Mean with 21.33 Moves in the FMC London Summer First round! This is Yunhao's first record outside of his 8 WRs and 2 AsRs in Clock and beats his UK Championship 2022 winning mean by 2.67 moves, placing 3rd in the world!
- In the final of this competition, Theodor Nordstrand tied the FMC European Record Mean of 22.00 Moves! Theodor holds this record alongside three others from three separate countries, including Sebastiano Tronto's former WR mean from 2019, and this places 6th in the world!
- Bartosz Karpiński broke the OH Polish Record Average with 10.54 Seconds in the Energy Cube Ciechanów Final! This is Bartosz's second NR and breaks Michał Pleskowicz's NR and former ER average of 10.71 from December 2018, placing 8th in Europe!
- Firstian Fushada (符逢城) set a new 7x7 Indonesian Record Single of 2:01.16 in the Singapore Special Final! Fush's first 7x7 NR of the year marks his seventh year being the NR holder for this event, and this single places him 17th in the world!
- Martin Vædele Egdal set a new 3x3 Danish Record Average of 6.25 Seconds in the Rødovre Cubing Second round! It may have been the less important 6.25 this week to many, however this breaks Martin's own 6.28 average from April and places 14th in Europe!
- Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc set a new 5x5 Filipino Record Single of 45.83 Seconds in the Laguna Speedcubing Open II Final! After a few close calls Inigo has broken his own 5x5 NR single of 46.41 after 3.5 years!
- Ray Ng Qi Rui (黄启瑞) set a new SQ-1 Singaporean Record Average of 7.10 Seconds in the Singapore Special Final! This average broke his previous NR by an outstanding 1.36 seconds and puts Ray at 4th in Asia!
- Victor Glyrskov broke the Clock Danish Record Single with 3.99 Seconds in the Rødovre Cubing Final! This is of course the first sub-4 single for both Victor and Denmark and his third NR overall!
- Felipe Medel broke the OH Chilean Record Single with 9.00 Seconds in the Montealegre Autumn Open First round! This breaks the previous NR from 6.5 years ago of 9.69 and places 5th in South America!
This cool new section is for results that didn't break any national records but are near the top of the rankings, so deserve a special mention!
- Luke Garrett set a 9.43 PR OH Average in the Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon First round, placing 3rd in the US/NA and 8th in the world!
- Hassan Khanani set a 4.15 PR SQ-1 Single in the Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction Final, placing 5th in the US/NA and 7th in the world!
- Heewon Seo set a 28.03 PR Megaminx Single in the FSUbers 4.5 First round, placing 3rd in the US/NA and 8th in the world, which was part of a 31.75 Average that is ranked exactly the same!
- Lichi Fang (方力驰) set a 23.00 PR FMC Mean in the FMC London Summer Final, placing 3rd in China, 7th in Asia and 27th in the world!
- Luke Garrett set a 1.25 PR 2x2 Average in the Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction Final, placing 4th in the US/NA and 11th in the world!
- Isaac Lai Yin Chung set a 34.22 PR Megaminx Average in the Singapore Special Second round, placing 2nd in Singapore, 7th in Asia and 18th in the world!
- Fabio Schwandt set a 23.67 PR FMC Mean in the FMC London Summer First round, placing 3rd in the UK, 16th in Europe and 39th in the world!
- Stanley Chapel set a 49/51 57:50 PR MBLD Single in the Ohio State Summer Solving Final, placing 3rd in the US/NA and 5th in the world!
- Jacob Nokes set a 1:15.88 PR 6x6 Single in the Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco Final, placing 3rd in the US/NA and 8th in the world!
This section is dedicated to people who have noticeably improved in specific events and show great potential!
- Abhinav Govindaraju - 2.22 Pyraminx Average in the Cubehenge First round. His previous best was 2.63, and this places 20th in the United States, 21st in North America and 62nd in the world!
- Adam Kędziorski - 54.46 5x5 Average in the Energy Cube Ciechanów Final. His previous best was 57.12, and this places 7th in Poland, 44th in Europe and 147th in the world!
- Emmanuel Kao - 52.26 5x5 Average in the Singapore Special Second Round. His previous best was 59.05, and this places 3rd in Singapore, 28th in Asia and 81st in the world!
1:35.44 6x6 Mean in the Final. His previous best was 1:47.61, and this places 3rd in Singapore, 22nd in Asia and 65th in the world! - Gabriel Rejdych - 28.29 4x4 Average in the Energy Cube Ciechanów First round. His previous best was 29.63, and this places 4th in Poland, 34th in Europe and 124th in the world!
- Teodor Zajder - 1.41 2x2 Average in the Energy Cube Ciechanów Final. His previous best was 1.56, and this places 3rd in Poland, 15th in Europe and 37th in the world!
- Tommy Cherry - 40.53 Megaminx Average in the FSUbers 4.5 Final. His previous best was 42.70, and this places 19th in the United States, 22nd in North America and 80th in the world!
- Victor Glyrskov - 5.22 Clock Average (Danish Record) in the Rødovre Cubing Final. His previous best was 5.53, and this places 26th in Europe and 66th in the world!
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