People · South Africa
Itai Seth Polon
2×2 · top 12.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024POLO01
Itai Seth Polon has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at CubingZA Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 124th in South Africa. Across 15 competitions since April 2024, he has put 514 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.75 in April 2024 to 12.85, a 68% improvement. Itai has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 5.23 | top 12.6% | 124 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 12.85 | 14.79 | top 16.9% | 197 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.63 | 11.52 | top 17.3% | 128 / 946 | |
| Skewb | 4.91 | 10.88 | top 17.4% | 63 / 438 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.70 | 1:32.67 | top 48.5% | 168 / 491 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.12 | 2:25.38 | top 50.7% | 92 / 266 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.72 | 56.46 | top 67.7% | 213 / 467 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.10 | 3:09.51 | top 69.6% | 129 / 221 | |
| Clock | 30.19 | 37.38 | top 84.5% | 125 / 148 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at CuBeaulieu Craze 2024.
- 23 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Inni-Horie-Fees 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.93 at Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024 · 20 Apr 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.
- Albert Kruger — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Osman Badroodin — met in 113 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marike Faught — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.