People · Israel
Gal Kaplan
3×3 · top 0.91% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023KAPL03
Gal Kaplan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.56, set at Mike's Cubes Israel 2026, puts him in the top 0.91% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Israel. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2023, he has put 567 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in July 2023 to 6.56, a 54% improvement. Gal has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.56 | 8.60 | top 0.91% | 30 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 2.53 | top 2.8% | 56 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.86 | 3.92 | top 3.2% | 36 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.22 | 15.98 | top 4.7% | 37 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 35.59 | 39.38 | top 7.3% | 51 / 659 | |
| Skewb | 4.28 | 5.84 | top 12.9% | 84 / 618 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:04.43 | 1:18.66 | top 14.5% | 24 / 157 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.67 | 1:34.10 | top 27.0% | 90 / 345 | |
| Square-1 | 24.02 | 26.83 | top 36.9% | 106 / 248 |
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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Haifa Cubing 2025.
- 31 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hannukubing Israel 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 24 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Israel Open 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at CinemaCube Israel 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at CinemaCube Israel 2024.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Carnival Israel 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Episode IV - A Cubic Hope Israel 2025 · 27 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best 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 113 rounds, finished ahead once
- Roy Tamir — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Amitai Ziv — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.