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Guy Taragano

2×2 · top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019TARA03

Guy Taragano has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Around the Clock Israel 2024, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Israel. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since February 2019, he has put 1,271 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.07 in February 2019 to 7.52, a 67% improvement. Guy has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time
1.11
signature single · Around the Clock Israel 2024
1,271
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×21.111.76
top 0.79%14 / 1,401
Pyraminx2.113.05
top 1.3%15 / 957
3×3 one-handed10.7416.06
top 1.6%16 / 658
4×428.3932.15
top 2.0%14 / 659
3×37.529.09
top 2.0%72 / 2,022
Skewb2.354.46
top 2.4%23 / 618
Megaminx45.0854.65
top 3.1%10 / 263
5×556.271:06.04
top 3.8%15 / 345
Square-110.7614.44
top 7.5%29 / 248
6×61:54.001:56.15
top 8.7%16 / 127
7×73:04.223:10.54
top 11.7%14 / 99
Clock7.289.34
top 12.1%34 / 252
3×3 blindfolded1:02.961:15.24
top 14.0%22 / 157
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 52:11—
top 16.6%7 / 57
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.33
top 23.4%33 / 115
4×4 blindfolded8:11.47—
early days — 2 solves12 / 27

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

Santa Barbara Winter 2019: 23.07Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 16.53SacCubing IX 2020: 13.83Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 14.42Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022: 10.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 10.39Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 11.12Kubiat HaGalil A 2022: 10.68NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022: 9.77Puriminx C 2023: 8.89Israel Championship 2023: 7.52Cubing for Yuval 2023: 9.06Israel Winter Open A 2024: 8.26Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 8.25Mike's Cubes 2024: 9.30Around the Clock Israel 2024: 8.79Cubing for Yuval 2024: 9.59Hannukubing Israel 2024: 7.98Haifa Cubing 2025: 8.85Israel Championship 2025: 8.98Cyprus Cubing League IV 2025: 8.33Israel Championship 2026: 8.367.5223.0723 Feb 201925 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.

  • Ben Baron — met in 234 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Roy Tamir — met in 199 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
  • Amitai Ziv — met in 191 rounds, finished ahead 132 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.