People · Israel
Achia Engel
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ENGE02
Achia Engel has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 245th in Israel. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2019, he has put 260 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.71 in April 2019 to 10.55, a 64% improvement. Achia has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 11.57 | top 9.1% | 245 / 2,022 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.33 | 20.68 | top 13.4% | 95 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 43.55 | 47.05 | top 16.5% | 103 / 659 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:11.36 | 1:28.48 | top 16.5% | 33 / 157 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.84 | 8.36 | top 18.8% | 227 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 4.14 | top 22.7% | 411 / 1,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.09 | 1:37.74 | top 25.6% | 73 / 263 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 40.00 | early days — 3 solves | 39 / 115 | |
| Clock | 10.44 | 12.46 | top 27.3% | 85 / 252 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.55 | 1:39.60 | top 27.8% | 92 / 345 | |
| Skewb | 6.33 | 9.38 | top 28.4% | 184 / 618 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 6:02.64 | 6:59.13 | top 29.4% | 7 / 27 | |
| Square-1 | 22.09 | 26.87 | top 32.7% | 93 / 248 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.06 | 3:17.91 | top 43.9% | 64 / 127 | |
| 7×7 | 4:39.07 | 4:53.34 | early days — 3 solves | 41 / 99 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 6 cubes · 35:42 | — | top 44.5% | 23 / 57 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 16:48.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6 / 14 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022.
- 16 Aug 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2022.
- 19 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing For Yuval 2022.
- 19 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Aficube B 2022.
- 15 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at Cubing in the Succah 2019.
- 15 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Succah 2019.
Competitions
- DNFs and Pizza Israel 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
- MultiShevat Israel 2023 · 3 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2022 · 16 Aug 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing For Yuval 2022 · 19 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Aficube B 2022 · 19 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Hannukubing 2019 · 30 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Summer Open 2019 · 17 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2019 · 14 Apr 2019
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Ben Baron — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yoni Strassberg — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Dan Boharon — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.