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Hello and welcome back to Week in Review!
Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 30 competitions in Week 48. This week we had the Icelandic Nationals, FMC Canada, the Finale of the Swisscubing Cup and the second ever competition in Palestine amongst many others.
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This section is dedicated to people who have notably improved their results this week and show great potential in that event!
Here is a weekly update on notable results from the 30 competitions in Week 48. This week we had the Icelandic Nationals, FMC Canada, the Finale of the Swisscubing Cup and the second ever competition in Palestine amongst many others.
Please enjoy
Records
- Michael Nielsen broke the Pyraminx North American Record Average with 1.78 Seconds at Crystal City Fall! Beating the previous record by 0.01 seconds gives Michael his first NAR, placing 4th in the world and 0.12 behind the WR!
- Sean Moran set a new Megaminx United Kingdom Record Single of 29.34 Seconds at Essex Winter! This is the first sub-30 for the UK which he added to in the final with a 29.88, and places 7th in the world!
- Antonie Paterakis broke the 2x2 European Record Average with 1.19 Seconds at the Madrid Norte Open! This beats Martin Vædele Egdal's former world record average from 2018 by 0.02 and is Antonie's second ER, placing 3rd in the world!
- Alwin Rölz set a new 7x7 Swiss Record Single of 2:08.02 at the Swisscubing Cup Finale! This is Alwin's second week in a row breaking the NR single and beat that previous record by almost 5 seconds, placing 8th in Europe!
- Martin Vædele Egdal set a new 5x5 Danish Record Average of 51.55 Seconds at Odsherred Julehygge! This places 15th in Europe and is Martin's third time breaking the NR average this year!
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza set a new 6x6 Mexican Record Mean of 1:32.18 at La Silla III! This places 10th in North America, and after already breaking the NR in a previous round has lowered the NR by over 10 seconds!
- Alwin Rölz also set a new OH Swiss Record Single of 8.36 Seconds at the Swisscubing Cup Finale! This breaks his previous NR of 8.69 and alongside his average is his third NR for OH!
- Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez set a new 3x3 Mexican Record Average of 6.58 Seconds at La Silla III! This is Angel's fifth NR for 3x3 average and is the first sub-7 average for Mexico!
- At this competition Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza also set a new 5x5 Mexican Record Average of 52.20 Seconds! This places Alexis 16th in North America and is his tenth 5x5 average NR since he first broke it way back in 2014!
- Alexis also set a new 7x7 Mexican Record Mean of 2:19.50! This places 11th in North America and adds to his total of 9 NRs this week!
This section is dedicated to people who have notably improved their results this week and show great potential in that event!
- Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez - 55.29 5x5 Average at La Silla III. His previous PB was 58.90, and this places 2nd in Mexico, 40th in North America and 135th in the World!
- Aryan Chhabra - 12.11 OH Average at the BCM Arya Cubing Challenge. His previous PB was 13.51, and this places 5th in India, 41st in Asia and 149th in the World!
- Eva Kato - 29.41 4x4 Average at Happy Valley Fall. Her previous PB was 31.66, and this places 42nd in the United States, 50th in North America and 161st in the World!
- Heidi Chan - 27.86 4x4 Average at Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon. Her previous PB was 33.11, and this places 21st in the United States, 22nd in North America and 69th in the World!
- Henry Lichner - 52.53 5x5 Average at 2x2 in a Madison Lodge. His previous PB was 58.68, and this places 15th in the United States, 18th in North America and 71st in the World!
- Isaac Vergara Castillo - 2:27.67 7x7 Mean at La Silla III. His previous PB was 2:39.74, and this places 2nd in Mexico, 21st in North America and 72nd in the World!
- Mihir Narayan - 12.90 OH Average at the BCM Arya Cubing Challenge. His previous PB was 15.21, and this places 10th in India, 80th in Asia and 251st in the World!
