People · Israel
Itay Melman
3×3 · top 8.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022MELM01
Itay Melman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.44, set at Israel Championship 2023, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 239th in Israel. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2022, he has put 83 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 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.25 in December 2022 to 10.44, a 32% improvement. Itay has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.44 | 12.20 | top 8.8% | 239 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 5.09 | top 19.4% | 357 / 1,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.54 | 32.11 | top 43.3% | 313 / 678 |
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
- 17 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2023.
- 8 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.48 at Puriminx C 2023.
- 8 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Puriminx C 2023.
- 22 Dec 2022First competition: NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022. A 15.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaNegev B 2023 · 3 Apr 2023
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yedidya Nisim Shimoni — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Roey Ben Shmuel — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Bar Elor — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.