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Elai Amit-Wender

3×3 · top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016AMIT01

Elai Amit-Wender has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.43, set at Israel Winter Open B 2024, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Israel. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since August 2016, he has put 1,202 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.52 in August 2016 to 5.43, a 74% improvement. Elai has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time
5.43
signature single · Israel Winter Open B 2024
1,202
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×35.436.79
top 0.22%5 / 2,022
Pyraminx1.543.53
top 0.47%7 / 957
2×21.022.03
top 0.59%11 / 1,401
4×425.6130.70
top 0.87%6 / 659
3×3 one-handed10.0714.15
top 1.1%12 / 658
Square-16.5711.19
top 1.2%6 / 248
Clock3.654.88
top 1.7%5 / 252
5×550.0155.52
top 1.8%6 / 345
6×61:39.111:49.00
top 3.8%6 / 127
Megaminx53.811:00.72
top 6.9%25 / 263
7×72:47.513:03.16
top 7.2%9 / 99
Skewb3.443.98
top 7.3%53 / 618
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.33
top 12.2%21 / 115
3×3 blindfolded3:34.46—
early days — 1 solve102 / 157

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

Israel Championship 2016: 20.52Israel Championship 2017: 13.83Kubiat Esther 2022: 9.18Aficube A 2022: 9.48NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022: 8.22Israel Championship 2023: 6.92Cubing for Yuval 2023: 6.09Israel Winter Open B 2024: 5.43Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 6.91Mike's Cubes 2024: 6.57Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.75Israel Championship 2024: 6.82Around the Clock Israel 2024: 6.39Cubing for Yuval 2024: 6.84Hannukubing Israel 2024: 6.63Cubing Carnival Israel 2025: 5.87NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025: 5.975.4320.5216 Aug 201617 Dec 2025

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.

  • Roy Tamir — met in 234 rounds, finished ahead 82 times
  • Ben Baron — met in 226 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Netanel Pour — met in 186 rounds, finished ahead 82 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.