People · Israel
Itay Kotzer
2×2 · top 48.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025KOTZ01
Itay Kotzer has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Mike's Cubes Israel 2026, puts him in the top 48.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 772nd in Israel. Across 5 competitions since April 2025, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.16 in April 2025 to 23.42, a 33% improvement. Itay has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.80 | 7.85 | top 48.7% | 772 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 23.42 | 27.62 | top 49.0% | 1,131 / 2,022 | |
| Skewb | 10.17 | 13.97 | top 55.9% | 365 / 618 | |
| Clock | 19.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 172 / 252 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:08.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 589 / 658 |
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
- 25 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2026.
- 5 Jul 2026First sub-30 3×3: 27.69 at Mike's Cubes Israel 2026.
- 15 Apr 2025First competition: Haifa Cubing 2025. A 35.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025 · 16 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 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.
- Roy Tamir — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Baron — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Itai Hershberg — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.