SloMo Cubing
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Hello and welcome back to Week in Review! Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 46 competitions in Week 24! This week included: Four world records all in different events, South Africa's CubingZA National Championship and the US Mid-Atlantic Championship in New York, the final of the Stockholmsligan 10-competition series, the Mofunland Cruise Open on a 3-day cruise between Singapore and Phuket in Thailand and the first ever competition in Greenland (+ I got an official 6.42 SQ-1 misscramble sadge) amongst many other exciting competitions and records.
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Records
Here are the top 10 records of the week:
This section is for results that didn't break any national records but are very competitive at 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 will detail competitors that were the first to represent their country this week!
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Records
Here are the top 10 records of the week:
- One of the four WRs this week was Tommy Cherry breaking the Clock World Record Single with 2.61 Seconds in the Second round of the CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship! This breaks Cham's 2.77 set less than 3 months ago, and is both Tommy's first WR in clock and the first WR with the 7-simul method he's popularised!
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) set a new 3x3 World Record Average of 4.48 Seconds in the Final of the Mofunland Cruise Open! This destroys Yiheng's previous WR average of 4.69 seconds, and this puts him a staggering 0.38 seconds ahead of second place!
- In addition to his clock WR, Tommy Cherry also broke the 3BLD World Record Mean with 14.72 Seconds in the First round of the Mid-Atlantic Championship! This is the first ever sub-15 3BLD mean, and Tommy's two WRs this week have banked him 10 overall!
- Leandro Martín López set a new Megaminx World Record average of 27.27 Seconds in the Final of Santa Fe Cubea! This is his second WR average in the past month and is the second pure sub-30 average after his first round results, making it a pure sub-30 competition!
- Nicolas Naing broke the Megaminx North American Record Single with 26.01 Seconds in the Final of the Mid-Atlantic Championship! This is Nicolas' first time fighting to regain his NAR single in 7 years after Alexei Sinyavin finally broke his streak last month, and this result is his tenth NAR single!
- Alexey Tsvetkov broke the 2x2 European Record Average with 1.12 Seconds in the First round of the Zreče Open! This is Alexey's first ER and breaks his previous PR by 0.15 seconds to put him at 2nd in the world!
- Theo Goluboff broke the 4x4 South American Record Single with 19.50 Seconds in the Final of Santa Fe Cubea! This places 7th in the world, and after getting a 21.91 SAR single in the first round has lowered the South American record by a staggering 2.79 total!
- Gianfranco Huanqui broke the 3BLD South American Record Single with 15.70 Seconds in the Final of San Juan Cubing! Gianfranco has achieved the second ever sub-16 in South America, and his tenth SAR single places 11th in the world!
- Kevin Gerhardt broke the 6x6 German Record Mean with 1:26.24 in the First round of NxN Muro Cubea! This is Kevin's first NR 6x6 mean and the first of its kind in almost four years, placing 4th in Europe and 17th in the world!
- Vako Marchilashvili (ვაკო მარჩილაშვილი) tied his own 2x2 Georgian Record Average of 1.29 Seconds in the Second round of Tbilisi Side Events! This ties his average from the beginning of May and his tenth NR average for 2x2 places 5th in Europe and 13th in the world!
This section is for results that didn't break any national records but are very competitive at the top of the rankings, so deserve a special mention!
- Brendyn Dunagan set a 2.81 Clock PR Single in the Final of Agoura Cubing, placing 2nd in the US/NA and 4th in the world!
- Benjamin Gottschalk set a 4.14 SQ-1 PR Single in the First round of Vegas Speedcubing Summer, placing 3rd in the US/NA and 5th in the world!
- Kevin Hays set a 1:59.04 7x7 PR Mean in the First round of the Mid-Atlantic Championship, placing 2nd in the US/NA and 6th in the world, which contained a 1:51.71 PR single that is ranked exactly the same!
- Ryan Michael Breen set a 3.35 Clock PR Single in the First round of the Mid-Atlantic Championship, placing 9th in the US/NA and 19th in the world!
- Simon Kellum set a 23.33 FMC PR Mean in the Final of FMC Canada, placing 10th in the US/NA and 33rd in the world!
- Sam Shaw set a 4.46 Clock PR Average in the First round of Wiltshire Summer, placing 2nd in the UK, 8th in Europe and 22nd in the world!
- Patrick Ponce set a 1:26.23 6x6 PR Mean in the Final of the Mid-Atlantic Championship, placing 4th in the US/NA and 16th in the world!
- Ray Bai set a 10.92 OH PR Average in the Final of the Mid-Atlantic Championship, placing 9th in the US, 12th in North America and 54th in the world!
- Benjamin Wei set a 1:26.69 6x6 PR Mean in the First round of the Mid-Atlantic Championship, placing 6th in the US/NA and 19th in the world!
This section is dedicated to people who have noticeably improved in specific events and show great potential!
- Brendyn Dunagan - 2.13 Pyraminx Average in the First round of Agoura Cubing. His previous best was 2.53, and this places 17th in the United States, 18th in North America and 49th in the world!
- Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez - 2.19 Skewb Average (Mexican Record) in the Final of TizaCubing. His previous best was 2.62, and this places 5th in North America and 10th in the world!
- Ianis Costin Chele - 6.67 3x3 Average (Romanian Record) in the Second round of Bucharest Cubing A. His previous best was 7.05, and this places 28th in Europe and 106th in the world!
- Isaac Wong Chang Man - 6.94 3x3 Average in the Final of the Mofunland Cruise Open. His previous best was 7.56, and this places 4th in Singapore, 47th in Asia and 168th in the world!
- Jerry Yao - 1.33 2x2 Average in the Second round of the Mid-Atlantic Championship. His previous best was 1.62, and this places 6th in the United States, 7th in North America and 20th in the world!
- Jinseo Hong - 12.26 OH Average in the First round of the Mid-Atlantic Championship. His previous best was 13.01, and this places 5th in the Republic of Korea, 56th in Asia and 193rd in the world!
- Livia Kleiner - 53.70 5x5 Average in the First round of the Mid-Atlantic Championship. Her previous best was 56.32, and this places 37th in the United States, 41st in North America and 126th in the world!
- Paolo Marino - 5.24 Clock Average in the Final of Montemurlo Speedcubing. His previous best was 5.76, and this places 2nd in Italy, 27th in Europe and 70th in the world!
- Taosif Amin Sahil - 12.40 OH Average (Bangladeshi Record) in the First round of Saramada Cubing Bangladesh. His previous best was 13.20, and this places 64th in Asia and 214th in the world!
Here will detail competitors that were the first to represent their country this week!
- Lesotho: Liteboho Martin Mobe set the first NRs for Lesotho at the CubingZA National Championship! In 3x3 he achieved a 14.70 Single and 23.38 Average!
