People · Israel
Hilel Ojalvo
3×3 · top 4.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022OJAL02
Hilel Ojalvo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at Israel Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 68 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.13 in August 2022 to 8.69, a 61% improvement. Hilel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.69 | 9.90 | top 4.2% | 120 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 5.37 | top 12.4% | 240 / 1,421 |
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
- 25 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Israel Championship 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2025.
- 18 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 13.48 at Israel Championship 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.48 at Israel Championship 2024.
- 16 Aug 2022First competition: Israel Championship 2022. A 22.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026 · 28 Sep 2026
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2022 · 16 Aug 2022
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.
- Itamar Turm — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ayala Elfassy — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Guy Zarian — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.