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Guy Zarian

Square-1 · top 0.21% of 25,272 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ZARI01

Guy Zarian has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 4.81, set at NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025, puts him in the top 0.21% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Israel. Until September 2020, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,137 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Square-1 best has come down from 18.99 in December 2022 to 4.81, a 75% improvement. Guy has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.21% of 25,272 all-time
4.81
signature single · NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025
1,137
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
Square-14.816.21
top 0.21%1 / 248
3×37.849.32
top 2.5%84 / 2,022
Skewb2.615.14
top 3.3%26 / 618
2×22.013.24
top 4.8%97 / 1,401
Megaminx49.3156.58
top 4.8%15 / 263
Pyraminx3.515.88
top 5.5%70 / 957
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves34.67
top 6.2%8 / 115
4×435.3540.96
top 7.0%48 / 659
5×51:12.361:24.77
top 13.3%39 / 345
3×3 one-handed18.5622.29
top 16.6%122 / 658
6×62:19.952:31.58
top 20.4%30 / 127
Clock9.1210.53
top 20.6%66 / 252
7×74:55.324:57.10
top 49.3%48 / 99
3×3 blindfolded4:01.90—
early days — 2 solves113 / 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

NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022: 18.99Mike's Cubes 2023: 12.52Weekend Cubing A Israel 2024: 7.10C.S.M. Israel 2024: 8.21Mike's Cubes 2024: 7.63Israel Championship 2024: 7.76Around the Clock Israel 2024: 6.65Episode I - The Parity Menace Israel 2024: 5.26Haifa Cubing 2025: 5.39Episode VI - Return of the Cubers Israel 2025: 4.90Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.88Israel Championship 2025: 6.06Rogue Squan Israel 2025: 5.72NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025: 4.81Cyprus Nationals 2025: 7.42New Year Israel 2026: 6.92Slovak Championship 2026: 5.02Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.96Israel Championship 2026: 6.234.8118.9921 Dec 202225 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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 231 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Yoav Atsmon — met in 210 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
  • Amitai Ziv — met in 197 rounds, finished ahead 55 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Square-1 single — 11 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.