People · United Kingdom
Ismael Gincberg
2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025GINC01
Ismael Gincberg has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Stevenage September 2025, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 638th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 62 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.88 in June 2025 to 14.72, a 41% improvement. Ismael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 5.58 | top 9.7% | 638 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 9.65 | top 20.1% | 781 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 14.72 | 17.11 | top 23.5% | 1,567 / 6,689 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 14.82 at Stevenage March 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Stevenage March 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage March 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First competition: Bristol June 2025. A 24.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bristol June 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
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.
- Jensen Belen-Brown — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Hardaker — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.