People · Israel
Ariel Barnett
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022BARN26
Ariel Barnett has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at Israel Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 190th in Israel. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2022, he has put 126 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.78 in December 2022 to 9.92, a 33% improvement. Ariel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.92 | 13.12 | top 7.2% | 190 / 2,022 | |
| Skewb | 5.02 | 9.38 | top 18.3% | 117 / 618 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.13 | 27.30 | top 29.1% | 206 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 54.95 | 59.54 | top 30.7% | 197 / 659 | |
| 2×2 | 4.36 | 5.16 | top 31.1% | 515 / 1,401 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.45 | 2:04.10 | top 41.5% | 140 / 345 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.60 | 13.73 | top 57.6% | 624 / 957 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 185 / 263 | |
| Square-1 | 44.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 178 / 248 | |
| 6×6 | 4:50.40 | 4:54.04 | top 79.7% | 109 / 127 | |
| 7×7 | 7:06.60 | 8:38.04 | top 81.3% | 87 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Israel Championship 2025.
- 18 Aug 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 20 Dec 2022First competition: NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022. A 14.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022 · 20 Dec 2022
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.
- Noam Katz — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Itai Hershberg — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Baron — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.