Week in Review - Week 38 2022 (Sep 23rd - 29th)

[SloMo Cubing]

Hello and welcome back to Week in Review!

Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 32 competitions in Week 38. This week saw the Cyprus and Finnish Championships and Australian Nationals FMC amongst others.

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Records

Here are the top records of the week:

• Max Park set a new 7x7 World Record Single of 1:35.68 at Marshall Cubing September! This lowers the record by over 5 seconds and takes it under 1:40 after over 3 years of being at 1:40.89!
  Spoiler: Video
• This WR single was in a World Record Average of 1:42.12! This lowers the record by over 4 seconds and both records are Max's first for 7x7 post-lockdown!
  Spoiler: Video
• Also at this competition, Max Park tied the 3x3 World Record Average of 4.86 Seconds! This ties with Tymon Kolasiński's sub-5 barrier breaker from only 2 months ago, and of Max's last 3 times breaking the WR Average, this is the first time tying it rather than beating it by 0.01!
  Spoiler: Video
• Charlie Eggins set a new 3BLD Oceanic Record Mean of 17.39 Seconds at Please Be Quiet Brisbane! This mean was all 17 second solves and places 3rd in the world!
  Spoiler: Video
• János Bereczki set a new 5x5 Romanian Record Single of 39.90 Seconds at Stevenage Autumn A! This places 7th in the world and is János's first sub-40!
  Spoiler: Video
• Twan Dullemond broke the 3x3 Dutch Record Single with 4.38 Seconds at the Ganshoren Saturday Open! This places 3rd in Europe and breaks Mats Valk's former World Record of 4.74 from 2016, also breaking his almost 11-year run of having the Dutch NR single!
  Spoiler: Video
• Ben Baron set a new 3x3 Israeli Record Average of 6.18 Seconds at the Cyprus Championship! This shatters the sub-7 barrier for Ben after previously being at 7.01, and places 4th in Europe!
  Spoiler: Video
• Jose Daniel Cobo Torres set a new Megaminx Colombian Record Average of 37.41 Seconds at Tres en Línea Bogotá! This places 3rd in South America!
  Spoiler: Video
• János Bereczki also set a new OH Romanian Record Average of 11.40 Seconds at Stevenage Summer A! This is his second sub-12 average and third NR for OH!
• Also at this competition, Eli Jay set a new 7x7 United Kingdom Record Mean of 2:22.68! This places 12th in Europe!

Radar

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

• Andrew Moy - 7.14 3x3 Average at Cubing Peoria. His previous PB was 7.74, and this places 45th in the United States, 54th in North America and 145th in the World!
  Spoiler: Video
• Arhaan Sareen - 56.61 5x5 Average at Richmond Hill. His previous PB was 1:01.85, and this places 6th in Canada, 45th in North America and 161st in the World!
• Carter Kucala - 2.35 Pyraminx Average at Cubing Peoria. His previous PB was 2.64, and this places 19th in the United States, 22nd in North America and 56th in the World!
  Spoiler: Video
• Jose Polorhenzo Aquino - 1:38.58 6x6 Mean (Filipino Record) at Even Day in Bacolod. His previous PB was 2:15.02, and this places 21st in Asia and 64th in the World!
  Spoiler: Video
• Josh Weimer - 19.72 3BLD Single at Marshall Cubing September. His previous PB was 22.73, and this places 14th in the United States, 17th in North America and 46th in the World!
  Spoiler: Video
• Kunaal Parekh - 12.73 OH Average at the Varsha Ritu Cube Open. His previous PB was 13.81, and this places 7th in India, 63rd in Asia and 208th in the World!
• Lauri Korhonen - 28.25 4x4 Average (Finnish Record) at the Finnish Championship. His previous PB was 33.44, and this places 21st in Europe and 79th in the World!
  Spoiler: Video
• Matthew Lee - 12.19 OH Average at Richmond Hill. His previous PB was 13.50, and this places 6th in Canada, 35th in North America and 138th in the World!
• Michael Muething - 40.50 Megaminx Average at the Bernardo Heights Sides Open. His previous PB was 45.64, and this places 13th in the United States, 15th in North America and 60th in the World!
• Szymon Malinowski - 6.85 3x3 Average at the Cube4fun League XI Kędzierzyn-Koźle. His previous PB was 7.52, and this places 5th in Poland, 24th in Europe and 87th in the World!
  
  That's all for this week, thanks for reading!