People · Israel
Erez Katz
Pyraminx · top 0.93% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KATZ03
Erez Katz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Israel Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Israel. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since June 2022, he has put 825 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.64 in June 2022 to 1.87, a 78% improvement. Erez has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.87 | 2.71 | top 0.93% | 13 / 957 | |
| Skewb | 2.50 | 3.91 | top 2.9% | 25 / 618 | |
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 3.36 | top 3.1% | 61 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 8.56 | 10.89 | top 3.9% | 108 / 2,022 | |
| Clock | 7.12 | 8.56 | top 11.4% | 33 / 252 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.54 | 20.60 | top 13.9% | 98 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 43.32 | 45.00 | top 16.2% | 102 / 659 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.60 | 1:24.90 | top 17.2% | 54 / 263 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.75 | 1:35.38 | top 23.1% | 75 / 345 | |
| Square-1 | 24.69 | 25.88 | top 38.5% | 110 / 248 | |
| 6×6 | 3:17.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 70 / 127 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2026.
- 17 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025.
- 8 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2025.
- 18 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.56 at Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025 · 17 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Cubing Carnival Israel 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
- Episode III - Revenge of the Minx Israel 2025 · 14 Feb 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
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Winter Open A 2024 · 11 Jan 2024
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes 2023 · 9 May 2023
- Kubiat HaNegev B 2023 · 3 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Puriminx B 2023 · 7 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaGalil B 2022 · 13 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2022 · 16 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kubiat Ruth 2022 · 6 Jun 2022
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 151 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Baron — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Roy Tamir — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.