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Israel Root

2×2 · top 21.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022ROOT01

Israel Root has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.59, set at Altona Algorithms 2024, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,632nd in Australia. Across 3 competitions since April 2022, he has put 41 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.76 in April 2022 to 19.96, a 23% improvement. Israel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 21.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.59
signature single · Altona Algorithms 2024
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.596.61
top 21.3%1,632 / 8,567
3×319.9622.71
top 39.8%3,895 / 11,709
Pyraminx11.0513.67
top 60.9%3,594 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed58.63
early days — 2 solves2,121 / 2,659
Skewb18.3824.17
top 86.9%3,065 / 3,534

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

Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 25.76Victorian Open 2022: 22.14Altona Algorithms 2024: 19.9619.9625.7623 Apr 20222 Mar 2024

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.