People · Israel
Alon Benguigui
2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BENG01
Alon Benguigui has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at Israel Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Israel. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 73 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.92 in July 2023 to 13.15, a 12% improvement. Alon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.39 | 5.24 | top 1.7% | 31 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 13.15 | 15.41 | top 17.9% | 464 / 2,022 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.75 | 12.74 | top 34.1% | 378 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.62 | 39.84 | top 43.4% | 308 / 658 |
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
- 25 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2026.
- 17 Jul 2023First competition: Israel Championship 2023. A 22.61 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.92 at Israel Championship 2023.
- 17 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Israel Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Omri Gavriel — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gal Kaplan — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noam Gastwirt — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.