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Itay Yakobov

3×3 · top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024YAKO01

Itay Yakobov has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.21, set at NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 297th in Israel. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, he has put 103 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.00 in October 2024 to 11.21, a 47% improvement. Itay has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.21
signature single · NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025
103
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×311.2113.62
top 11.1%297 / 2,022
Pyraminx5.9512.08
top 19.6%236 / 957
2×24.515.48
top 33.0%549 / 1,401
Clock12.9314.52
top 39.3%123 / 252
Skewb7.7919.28
top 39.7%266 / 618
3×3 one-handed35.4342.51
top 58.1%396 / 658
Square-142.32
early days — 2 solves171 / 248
4×41:40.91
early days — 3 solves472 / 659

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

Cubing for Yuval 2024: 21.00Hannukubing Israel 2024: 16.80Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025: 16.30NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025: 11.21Israel Championship 2026: 12.9111.2121.0021 Oct 202425 Aug 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.

  • Tuval Stone — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Erez Katz — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Yoav Atsmon — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.