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Haim David Abayev

2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ABAY01

Haim David Abayev has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Hannukubing Israel 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 154 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.68 in December 2022 to 10.23, a 51% improvement. Haim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.64
signature single · Hannukubing Israel 2024
154
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×21.643.42
top 2.8%55 / 1,401
Pyraminx3.474.39
top 5.3%67 / 957
3×310.2311.54
top 8.1%220 / 2,022
3×3 one-handed18.5623.55
top 16.6%122 / 658
Skewb5.517.27
top 22.1%140 / 618
Square-129.3153.51
top 48.1%128 / 248
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 1 solve109 / 115

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: 20.68Hannukubing Israel 2024: 10.32Cubing Carnival Israel 2025: 10.23Israel Championship 2026: 10.8910.2320.6821 Dec 202225 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 27 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Erez Katz — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Yoav Atsmon — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.