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Israel Machado Soares

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011SOAR01

Israel Machado Soares has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.17, set at Faria Brito Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since July 2011, he has put 1,808 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.27 in July 2011 to 7.17, a 42% improvement. Israel has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.17
signature single · Faria Brito Open 2017
1,808
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×37.178.43
top 1.5%59 / 9,644
2×21.543.01
top 2.3%71 / 5,137
3×3 one-handed12.2617.44
top 3.4%35 / 1,992
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves33.00
top 8.0%28 / 360
4×438.3845.06
top 10.2%112 / 1,855
3×3 blindfolded1:01.021:31.80
top 13.4%37 / 333
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 31:56—
top 36.3%38 / 117
Pyraminx17.6324.08
top 89.1%2,649 / 3,208

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

SESC Santos 2011: 12.27SESC Pompeia 2013: 10.75São Paulo Open 2013: 9.68Oficina Open 2013: 10.03Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 9.21Novo Hamburgo Open III 2013: 9.521º Aberto Valeparaibano de Cubo Mágico 2013: 9.13São Luís Open 2014: 8.68Faria Brito Open 2014: 8.93SESC Santo Amaro 2014: 8.75Brasilia Open 2014: 9.07São Paulo Open 2014: 10.33Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 9.93Joana D'Arc Open 2014: 8.09Faria Brito Open 2015: 9.47Brasilia Open 2015: 9.27Colégio IPÊ 2015: 8.18World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 8.05Porto Alegre Open 2015: 9.20Faria Brito Open 2016: 9.97Brasileiro 2016: 8.81Faria Brito Open 2017: 7.17Brasileiro 2017: 9.43SESC Santos 2017: 7.58CEFET-MG UAI Bits Open 2017: 7.97Faria Brito Open 2018: 8.08Campeonato Brasileiro 2018: 8.10Faria Brito Open 2022: 8.89Planeta.Rio Open 2022: 9.41Bora Bora Barra Open 2023: 8.46Partage Open II 2023: 8.47Planetário Open 2023: 8.50Faria Brito 2023: 7.69Niterói Open 2023: 9.50Partage Summer 2024: 9.10Bora Bora Barra Summer 2024: 8.25Opentrópolis CEFET 2024: 9.16Soares Herdy Open 2024: 9.23Paraíso ao Cubo DC 2024: 7.94Planetário Rio Open 2024: 8.34Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024: 8.48Opentrópolis CEFET 2025: 7.82Niterói Open 2025: 8.24Niterói PUD Open 2026: 8.297.1712.2715 Jul 201118 Jul 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.