People · Israel
Elisha Schuster
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023SCHU07
Elisha Schuster has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at Haifa Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2023, he has put 520 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.31 in March 2023 to 7.16, a 42% improvement. Elisha has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.16 | 8.84 | top 1.5% | 52 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 2.51 | top 1.9% | 40 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 4.26 | top 3.4% | 45 / 957 | |
| Skewb | 3.25 | 5.59 | top 6.3% | 44 / 618 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.27 | 16.75 | top 6.6% | 48 / 658 | |
| Clock | 7.03 | 7.87 | top 11.0% | 32 / 252 | |
| 4×4 | 40.88 | 43.10 | top 13.1% | 84 / 659 | |
| Square-1 | 20.57 | 26.43 | top 29.2% | 85 / 248 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.36 | 1:43.81 | top 32.9% | 95 / 263 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.34 | 2:13.53 | top 43.5% | 145 / 345 |
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
- 15 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Haifa Cubing 2025.
- 18 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 24 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Israel Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024.
- 8 Mar 2023First competition: Puriminx C 2023. A 12.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Carnival Israel 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Around the Clock Israel 2024 · 5 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaNegev A 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Netanel Pour — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ben Baron — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Roy Tamir — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.