People · Israel
Ari Moshe Gold
2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Israel. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 356 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.42 | 2.54 | top 1.8% | 37 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 9.46 | 12.09 | top 6.0% | 170 / 2,022 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 6.86 | top 9.4% | 117 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.15 | 21.90 | top 15.5% | 110 / 658 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 9.23 | top 26.7% | 173 / 618 | |
| 4×4 | 53.67 | 59.52 | top 29.2% | 182 / 659 | |
| Square-1 | 20.65 | 33.77 | top 29.4% | 86 / 248 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.32 | 1:54.76 | top 36.4% | 119 / 345 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.90 | — | top 46.2% | 126 / 263 | |
| 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 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 83 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Netanel Pour — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yoav Vishne — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.