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Gil Hofer

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019HOFE02

Gil Hofer has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at RésoLucens 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2019, he has put 865 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.26 in October 2019 to 9.92, a 67% improvement. Gil has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.82
signature single · RésoLucens 2026
865
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.822.79
top 3.7%57 / 913
3×39.9212.57
top 7.2%95 / 1,197
Pyraminx3.987.71
top 7.5%67 / 655
Skewb3.977.50
top 10.7%56 / 388
4×441.6852.27
top 14.1%59 / 462
Square-115.9022.96
top 18.5%33 / 159
3×3 one-handed23.0928.11
top 29.0%93 / 367
Clock11.3114.85
top 31.6%83 / 226
5×51:44.891:57.35
top 39.1%93 / 266
Megaminx2:02.572:14.80
top 47.2%100 / 207
3×3 blindfolded4:14.92—
early days — 3 solves58 / 87
6×64:49.75—
early days — 3 solves100 / 141
7×77:24.71—
top 83.8%91 / 118

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

Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 30.26Swisscubing Cup IV 2020: 18.68Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 19.04Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 14.52Swiss Nationals 2024: 13.47Swiss Science Open 2024: 14.89Swisscubing Cup Final 2024: 15.70Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025: 13.10Newchâtel 2025: 13.69Martigny Open 2025: 13.74Swiss Nationals 2025: 12.59Swisscubing Cup IV 2025: 13.72Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 11.13La Clock-de-Fonds 2025: 11.28Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 12.29Swisscubing Cup I 2026: 12.00Bern Cubing Festival 2026: 12.28Muri Twist Till It Works 2026: 12.73Lavey-Vous les Mains 2026: 10.68NxN in Jura 2026: 9.92RésoLucens 2026: 9.959.9230.2619 Oct 201929 Aug 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.