Week in Review - Week 32 2022 (Aug 12th - Aug 18th)

SloMo Cubing · Aug 23, 2022

Hello, welcome back to Week in Review!

Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 28 competitions in Week 32. This week included the Oregon Championship, Korean Championship and Israel Championship in addition to the unfortunately unpopulated Asian Championship in Kazakhstan. Please enjoy

Records

Here are the top records of the week:

Roy Tamir broke the OH European Record Single with 6.95 Seconds at the Israel Championship! This last layer skip took Roy from his first sub-13 in the previous round to a Sub-7 and his first ER, placing 6th in the world!
Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) set a new 5x5 South Korean Record Average of 43.20 Seconds at the Korean Championship! This places 6th in the world and makes it his 7th year in a row of holding said record!
Also in 5x5, Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) set a new Asian Record Single of 37.85 Seconds at the Pingtung Summer Open! This puts Kai-Wen 3rd in the world and is his third AsR for 5x5, all of those being in 2022!
Seung Hyuk Nahm also set a new 4x4 South Korean Record Average of 23.50 Seconds at the Korean Championship! This places 8th in the world and is his tenth NR for 4x4 Average since 2014!
Tee Kai Yang set a new OH Malaysian Record Average of 10.56 Seconds at the Johor Cube Open! Despite choking the sub-10 average, this places him 9th in Asia and is his third sub-11 average!
Juliette Sébastien set a new Megaminx French Record Single of 31.04 Seconds at the Portugalete 700 Open! This places 5th in Europe!
Tolga Kaan Kantarcı set a new OH Turkish Record Average of 10.90 Seconds at Cube Revenge İstanbul! This places 10th in Europe and is the seventh second barrier Tolga has broken for Turkey!
Seung Hyuk Nahm set a new OH South Korean Record Single of 8.69 Seconds at the Korean Championship! This breaks his previous NR of 8.81 which is over 5 years old!
Krzysztof Bober broke the MBLD European Record Single of 51/56 solved in 58:59 at the BrizZon Side Open IV! This is the third ER in a row to only improve on the time for 46 points, but places Krzysztof 3rd in the world and is Poland's 12th conescutive ER for MBLD shared by three different people!
Seung Hyuk Nahm's final South Korean Record this week was the 3x3 Average of 6.25 Seconds! This places 6th in Asia and is his 4th NR since he has returned to cubing from mandatory military service!

Radar

This section is dedicated to people who have improved their results this weekend and show great potential in that event!

Alexey Tsvetkov - 12.83 OH Average at the Rubik's WCA Asian Championship. His previous PB was 13.78, and this places him 7th in Russia, 73rd in Europe and 217th in the World!
Anatole Volongo - 7.10 3x3 Average at the Korean Championship. His previous PB was 7.49, and this places him 3rd in France, 40th in Europe and 125th in the World!
Dae Jeong Kim (김대정) - 21.59 3BLD Single at the Korean Championship. His previous PB was 27.48, and this places him 2nd in the Republic of Korea, 15th in Asia and 71st in the World!
DongHwan Lim (임동환) - 27.89 4x4 Average at the Korean Championship. His previous PB was 31.12, and this places him 5th in the Republic of Korea, 21st in Asia and 59th in the World!
Fletcher Berry - 21.58 3BLD Single at DFW Cubing Summer. His previous PB was 22.81, and this places him 18th in the United States, 23rd in North America and 70th in the World!
Heath Flick - 2.29 Pyraminx Average at Pittsburgh Summer A. His previous PB was 2.58, and this places him 17th in the United States, 18th in North America and 44th in the World!
Jack Pfeifer - 28.63 4x4 Average at Pittsburgh Summer B. His previous PB was 29.94, and this places him 23rd in the United States, 25th in North America and 94th in the World!
Jane Behrle - 1:36.98 6x6 Mean at Pittsburgh Summer B. Her previous PB was 1:46.88, and this places her 14th in the United States, 16th in North America and 43rd in the World!
Lev Bruskov (Лев Брусков) - 5.53 Clock Average at the Asian Championship. His previous PB was 6.85, and this places him 2nd in Russia, 11th in Europe and 39th in the World!
Minkyu Shin (신민규) - 56.27 5x5 Average at the Korean Championship. His previous PB was 1:07.75, and this places him 7th in the Republic of Korea, 50th in Asia and 144th in the World!
2:35.10 7x7 Mean. His previous PB was 3:33.70, and this places him 4th in the Republic of Korea, 39th in Asia and 99th in the World!
Ryan Pilat - 7.39 SQ-1 Average at DFW Cubing Summer. His previous PB was 7.82, and this places him 16th in the United States/North America and 28th in the World!
Timofei Tarasenko - 29.33 4x4 Average at the Asian Championship. His previous PB was a 56.18 Single, and this places him 2nd in Russia, 43rd in Europe and 136th in the World!
Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) - 2:29.24 7x7 Mean at the Pingtung Summer Open. His previous PB was 2:50.79, and this places him 7th in Taiwan, 27th in Asia and 71st in the World!
William Harris - 57.10 5x5 Average at Pittsburgh Summer B. His previous PB was 1:08.73, and this places him 44th in the United States, 50th in North America and 166th in the World!
Yeon Kyun Park (박연균) - 5.65 Clock Average (Republic of Korea NR) at the Korean Championship. His previous PB was 6.56, and this places him 7th in Asia and 47th in the World!
Yoo-chan Hong (홍유찬) - 12.43 OH Average at the Korean Championship. His previous PB was 13.93, and this places him 5th in the Republic of Korea, 46th in Asia and 161st in the World!

That's all for this week, thanks for reading!