People · Israel
Ariel Cohen
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017COHE05
Ariel Cohen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.19, set at Kubiat HaGalil A 2022, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2017, he has put 175 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.03 in August 2017 to 9.19, a 77% improvement. Ariel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.19 | 10.43 | top 5.3% | 155 / 2,022 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.74 | 19.90 | top 11.9% | 84 / 658 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 3.61 | top 14.8% | 281 / 1,401 | |
| 4×4 | 45.82 | 56.51 | top 19.3% | 126 / 659 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.12 | 7.89 | top 20.9% | 249 / 957 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.31 | 1:46.19 | top 30.3% | 85 / 263 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:05.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 68 / 157 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 6 cubes · 32:54 | — | early days — 1 solve | 55 / 57 |
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
- 12 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Kubiat HaGalil A 2022.
- 12 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Kubiat HaGalil A 2022.
- 19 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing For Yuval 2022.
- 6 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Kubiat Ruth 2022.
- 15 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 14.52 at Cubing in the Succah 2019.
- 15 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Cubing in the Succah 2019.
Competitions
- MultiShevat Israel 2023 · 3 Feb 2023
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022
- Kubiat HaGalil A 2022 · 12 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing For Yuval 2022 · 19 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Kubiat Ruth 2022 · 6 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Aficube B 2022 · 19 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Summer Open 2019 · 17 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017
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.
- Ben Baron — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yoni Strassberg — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Gilad Cohen — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.