People · Israel
Ari Moshe Gold
2×2 · top 1.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023GOLD06
Ari Moshe Gold has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.42, set at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Israel. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2023, he has put 397 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.44 in March 2023 to 1.42, a 59% improvement. Ari has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 1.42 | 2.54 | top 1.8% | 38 / 1,421 | |
| 3×3 | 9.46 | 12.09 | top 6.0% | 172 / 2,044 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 6.86 | top 9.4% | 118 / 973 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.12 | 21.90 | top 12.9% | 94 / 678 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 9.23 | top 26.8% | 179 / 634 | |
| 4×4 | 53.67 | 59.52 | top 29.3% | 182 / 659 | |
| Square-1 | 20.65 | 33.77 | top 29.4% | 86 / 255 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.32 | 1:54.76 | top 36.4% | 119 / 345 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.90 | — | top 46.3% | 126 / 264 | |
| Clock | 14.85 | 19.62 | top 47.3% | 141 / 252 | |
| 6×6 | 4:26.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 104 / 127 | |
| 7×7 | 7:08.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 89 / 99 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Cubing Carnival Israel 2025.
- 31 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hannukubing Israel 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024Eleven personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 16 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Weekend Cubing A Israel 2024.
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval 2023.
- 17 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.55 at Israel Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026 · 28 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Carnival Israel 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 11 personal bests set
- C.S.M. Israel 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing A Israel 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 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.
- Chaim Goldin — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Yoav Vishne — met in 87 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roy Tamir — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.