Week in Review - Week 34 2022 (Aug 26th - Sep 1st)

SloMo Cubing

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Hello and welcome back to Week in Review!

Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 25 competitions in Week 34. This week included the Ecuador Nationals, French Championship and the Estonian Open who had a few additions from the Gulf of Finland comp, which was hosted on a ferry to Tallinn and back. Please enjoy
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Records

Here are the top records of the week:

  • Max Park set a new OH World Record Single of 6.20 Seconds at Marshall Middle Slice! This ends a 7-year run of the record being at 6.8x!
  • Virgile Perrot set a new Clock French Record Single of 3.30 Seconds at the French Championship! This places 5th in the world and breaks his previous record by almost a second!
  • Alessandro Ricci broke the SQ-1 European Record Average with 6.30 Seconds at Castenaso Strikes Back! This is Alessandro's first ER and also the first ER average to use the Lin Method!
  • Gergely Novotni set a new Megaminx Hungarian Record Average of 37.06 Seconds at the Cube4fun League IX Bielsko-Biała! This places 7th in Europe and is Gergely's 15th NR across three events!
  • Oliver Pällo set a new Clock Estonian Record Average of 4.88 Seconds at the Estonian Open! This places 5th in Europe and destroys his previous NR of 5.80 seconds!
  • Chris Mills set a new 3x3 United Kingdom Record Single of 4.59 Seconds at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham! This places 6th in Europe and ends Chris' 3-year journey trying to break his 5.00 NR single!
  • In Oliver Pällo's Clock NR Average he also achieved an Estonian Record Single of 3.93 Seconds! Like his average this also places 5th in Europe and continues his now 6 competition streak of breaking the NR since his first time competing in Clock last year!
  • Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez broke the 6x6 South American Record Mean with 1:36.33 at the Villa al Cubo Open! This beat his average from the previous round which was only 0.01 slower, and over both means didn't get a single solve outside of 1:35 and 1:36!
  • Brian Hambeck set a new Megaminx Uruguayan Record Average of 42.04 Seconds at the FING Open! This places 9th in South America!
  • Kaur Tuule set a new 3x3 Estonian Record Average of 7.00 Seconds at the Estonian Open! Despite choking the sub-7 average after messing up the last solve, this breaks his previous NR by 0.66 Seconds!
Radar

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

  • Andrés Felipe Rubiano Forero - 2:39.07 7x7 Mean at the Villa al Cubo Open. His previous PB was 2:58.70, and this places him 2nd in Colombia, 9th in South America and 127th in the World!
  • Caleb Kearney - 5.47 Clock Average at Gem City Side Events. His previous PB was 5.83, and this places him 21st in the United States, 22nd in North America and 40th in the World!
  • Carson Widjaja - 29.37 4x4 Average at Westport Summer. His previous PB was 32.14, and this places him 38th in the United States, 44th in North America and 139th in the World!
  • Daniel Rush - 7.22 3x3 Average (African Record) at the Green School Paarl Open. His previous PB was 7.87, and this places him 158th in the World!
  • Eden Robinson-Rechavi - 12.42 OH Average at the French Championship. His previous PB was 14.08, and this places him 8th in France, 61st in Europe and 160th in the World!
  • James Alonso - 7.08 3x3 Average at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham. His previous PB was 7.56, and this places him 2nd in the United Kingdom, 39th in Europe and 122nd in the World!
  • Luis Kleinheinz - 5.67 Clock Average (German Record) at the Rheinland-Pfalz Open. His previous PB was 6.33, and this places him 17th in Europe and 51st in the World!
  • Pablo Contreras - 7.27 3x3 Average at the French Championship. His previous PB was 7.67, and this places him 7th in France, 56th in Europe and 170th in the World!
  • Rémi Perrin - 40.08 Megaminx Average at the French Championship. His previous PB was 44.89, and this places him 5th in France, 15th in Europe and 52nd in the World!
  • Sean Hartman - 28.96 4x4 Average at Let's Even the Odds Alabama. His previous PB was 30.68, and this places him 31st in the United States, 35th in North America and 115th in the World!
  • Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横) - 6.98 3x3 Average at Marshall Middle Slice. His previous PB was 7.49, and this places him 11th in China, 21st in Asia and 104th in the World!
 
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