People · Israel
David Shimalkovsky
3×3 · top 16.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SHIM01
David Shimalkovsky has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.64, set at Haifa Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 16.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 418th in Israel. Across 4 competitions since April 2022, he has put 59 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.91 in April 2022 to 12.64, a 21% improvement. David has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.64 | 16.54 | top 16.2% | 418 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 6.46 | top 32.2% | 530 / 1,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.67 | 2:35.71 | top 49.0% | 138 / 263 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.68 | 1:30.81 | top 61.9% | 413 / 659 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.85 | 48.88 | top 65.1% | 431 / 658 |
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
- 16 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at Israel Championship 2022.
- 19 Apr 2022First competition: Aficube B 2022. A 18.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2022 · 16 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing For Yuval 2022 · 19 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Aficube B 2022 · 19 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tuval Stone — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Uri Roitgrund — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.