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Hallel Ben-Meir

2×2 · top 0.56% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022BENM02

Hallel Ben-Meir has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.00, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 0.56% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Israel. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since December 2022, he has put 1,724 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.49 in December 2022 to 6.83, a 61% improvement. Hallel has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.56% of 189,179 all-time
1.00
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
1,724
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×21.001.46
top 0.56%9 / 1,421
3×36.838.26
top 1.2%40 / 2,044
4×427.5733.13
top 1.6%11 / 659
3×3 one-handed11.4114.52
top 2.3%22 / 678
5×551.951:00.45
top 2.4%12 / 345
6×61:42.561:45.09
top 4.7%9 / 127
Clock5.207.74
top 4.9%16 / 252
7×72:42.662:52.56
top 6.2%7 / 99
Pyraminx3.916.14
top 7.3%96 / 973
Square-114.3718.90
top 15.0%44 / 255
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.33
top 17.5%26 / 115
Skewb5.118.12
top 19.1%126 / 634
3×3 blindfolded1:47.72—
top 29.1%61 / 157
Megaminx1:53.392:09.28
top 42.4%116 / 264
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:39—
early days — 1 solve40 / 57

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: BigCubes 2022: 17.49Puriminx C 2023: 11.17Kubiat HaNegev A 2023: 12.84Israel Championship 2023: 10.02Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 9.46Melbourne Summer 2024: 11.42Altona Algorithms 2024: 9.33Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 9.96Australian Nationals 2024: 9.60The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 9.31Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 8.80Nimble Newborough 2024: 9.31Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 8.53Melbourne Summer 2025: 7.93Spark Melbourne February 2025: 8.41Haifa Cubing 2025: 9.54Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 7.66VIC State Championship 2025: 8.34Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 7.27Australian Nationals 2025: 7.78The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 8.63Nimble Newborough 2025: 7.35Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 7.65NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025: 7.09Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 6.83Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 8.14Australian Nationals 2026: 7.75Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026: 7.206.8317.4920 Dec 202226 Sep 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.