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Ari Koralek
2×2 · top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023KORA03
Ari Koralek has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Berkeley Winter 2024, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,152nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 88 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.06 in March 2023 to 14.48, a 40% improvement. Ari has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 5.29 | top 18.3% | 7,152 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.48 | 19.66 | top 22.6% | 12,250 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.34 | 17.10 | top 69.3% | 20,513 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:46.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,612 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 55.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,020 / 15,683 |
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
- 3 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.48 at Claws Up Winter 2023.
- 25 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.79 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Marshall Cubing Spring 2023. A 24.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Claws Up Winter 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIV 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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.
- Anto Kam (甘浩東) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Martin — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.