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Gil Hofer

2×2 · top 2.2% of 189,179 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 1.52, set at Swisscubing Cup IV 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Switzerland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2019, he has put 986 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 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 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.52
signature single · Swisscubing Cup IV 2026
986
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.522.29
top 2.2%35 / 923
3×39.9211.87
top 7.3%103 / 1,218
Pyraminx3.987.21
top 7.6%68 / 665
Square-112.1121.51
top 10.2%18 / 162
Skewb3.977.50
top 10.8%61 / 395
4×441.6852.27
top 14.2%63 / 474
3×3 one-handed23.0928.11
top 29.1%97 / 373
Clock11.3114.85
top 31.5%89 / 233
5×51:44.891:57.35
top 39.2%100 / 273
Megaminx2:02.572:14.80
top 47.3%104 / 211
3×3 blindfolded3:29.08—
top 60.7%56 / 93
6×64:49.75—
early days — 3 solves105 / 146
7×77:24.71—
top 83.8%95 / 123

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: 9.95Soorsi 2026: 11.77Swiss Nationals 2026: 11.279.9230.2619 Oct 201916 Oct 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.