People · Israel
Gilad Cohen
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017COHE06
Gilad Cohen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Kubiat Esther 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2017, he has put 418 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.62 in August 2017 to 7.38, a 66% improvement. Gilad has entered 13 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 | 7.38 | 9.26 | top 1.8% | 65 / 2,022 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.20 | 5.96 | top 4.3% | 53 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.78 | 18.84 | top 7.7% | 54 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 38.80 | 45.59 | top 10.7% | 72 / 659 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.20 | 1:08.57 | top 11.2% | 36 / 263 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.75 | top 13.0% | 249 / 1,401 | |
| Skewb | 7.00 | 8.04 | top 33.7% | 231 / 618 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.09 | 1:52.32 | top 39.2% | 133 / 345 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 59 / 115 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:27.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 79 / 157 |
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
- 16 Aug 2022Nine personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2022.
- 19 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing For Yuval 2022.
- 19 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at Aficube B 2022.
- 16 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Kubiat Esther 2022.
- 16 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Kubiat Esther 2022.
- 17 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Israel Summer Open 2019.
Competitions
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024
- Kubiat HaNegev B 2023 · 3 Apr 2023
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022
- Kubiat HaGalil B 2022 · 13 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2022 · 16 Aug 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Cubing For Yuval 2022 · 19 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Kubiat Ruth 2022 · 6 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Aficube B 2022 · 19 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Kubiat Esther 2022 · 16 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Summer Open 2019 · 17 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017
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 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yoni Strassberg — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Roy Tamir — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.