People · Israel
Ido Montal
3×3 · top 9.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024MONT38
Ido Montal has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Mike's Cubes Israel 2026, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 249th in Israel. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2024, he has put 267 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.78 in October 2024 to 10.56, a 47% improvement. Ido has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.56 | 13.61 | top 9.2% | 249 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 5.58 | top 9.6% | 193 / 1,421 | |
| Skewb | 4.28 | 7.35 | top 12.9% | 84 / 634 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.53 | 27.98 | top 16.5% | 123 / 678 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:17.96 | 2:02.72 | top 18.9% | 39 / 157 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 39 / 115 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.89 | 1:22.92 | top 43.9% | 294 / 659 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.32 | 14.89 | top 55.5% | 612 / 973 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 5 cubes · 39:47 | — | top 58.8% | 33 / 57 | |
| Square-1 | 38.43 | 49.19 | top 63.4% | 167 / 255 | |
| Clock | 21.81 | — | top 69.7% | 189 / 252 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 254 / 345 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 26:00.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 27 / 28 |
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 2025Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2025.
- 15 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Haifa Cubing 2025.
- 31 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at Hannukubing Israel 2024.
- 21 Oct 2024First competition: Cubing for Yuval 2024. A 19.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026 · 28 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel PBQ Championship 2026 · 16 Aug 2026
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025 · 17 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Silence in Be'er Ya'akov 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Episode VII - The Blind Awakens Israel 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Episode I - The Parity Menace Israel 2024 · 22 Nov 2024
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024
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.
- Tuval Stone — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Yoav Atsmon — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ben Baron — met in 83 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.