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Axel Lifschitz

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012LIFS01

Axel Lifschitz has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 123rd in Argentina. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2012, he has put 702 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.13 in December 2012 to 9.91, a 25% improvement. Axel has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.91
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015
702
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingArgentina
3×39.9112.44
top 7.2%123 / 1,694
2×22.524.17
top 9.1%101 / 1,203
4×443.4350.81
top 16.3%97 / 615
Pyraminx7.058.13
top 28.3%235 / 830
3×3 one-handed30.5044.75
top 47.8%261 / 598
Skewb9.1617.23
top 49.5%217 / 405
5×52:00.532:21.77
top 49.5%143 / 296
6×64:34.55—
early days — 3 solves84 / 110
7×79:05.55—
early days — 1 solve91 / 98

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

Torneo de Verano 2012: 13.13El Puente Open 2013: 12.97Dista Open 2013: 13.47Dista Open II 2013: 12.84Argentino de Invierno 2014: 12.43Montevideo Open 2014: 12.99Charrua 2014: 13.41San Lorenzo Open 2015: 12.18UTN Otoño 2015: 11.47Uchi Florida 2015: 11.46La Blindqueada 2015: 11.91World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 9.91San Lorenzo Invierno 2015: 12.04Charrua 2015: 12.01Pergamino Open 2015: 12.30Montevideo Open 2015: 12.47La Plata Open 2015: 13.80Santa Lucía Open 2015: 13.04Classic San Lorenzo Open 2016: 12.29Tucuman Open 2016: 11.48Santa Fe Open 2016: 12.569.9113.8022 Dec 201210 Dec 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.