People · Israel
Ishay Gilad
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022GILA04
Ishay Gilad has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.35, set at Cubing for Yuval 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 187 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.80 in December 2022 to 7.35, a 43% improvement. Ishay has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.35 | 8.59 | top 1.8% | 63 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 3.58 | top 5.2% | 109 / 1,401 | |
| 4×4 | 33.70 | 40.47 | top 5.6% | 42 / 659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.23 | 1:49.15 | top 37.7% | 124 / 345 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.77 | 13.30 | top 42.8% | 470 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.62 | 54.34 | top 45.8% | 328 / 658 | |
| Skewb | 11.44 | 19.48 | top 63.2% | 417 / 618 | |
| Clock | 58.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 251 / 252 |
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
- 16 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Weekend Cubing A Israel 2024.
- 20 Dec 2022First competition: NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022. A 12.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back to Kostelec 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Weekend Cubing A Israel 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022 · 20 Dec 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.
- Itai Hershberg — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yoav Atsmon — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Netanel Pour — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.