People · Israel
Jonathan Rutenberg
2×2 · top 0.23% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023RUTE01
Jonathan Rutenberg has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.80, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Israel. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since January 2023, he has put 1,552 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.62 in January 2023 to 6.69, a 62% improvement. Jonathan has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 0.80 | 1.92 | top 0.23% | 4 / 1,421 | |
| Megaminx | 35.24 | 39.71 | top 0.7% | 3 / 264 | |
| 3×3 | 6.69 | 7.69 | top 1.0% | 34 / 2,044 | |
| 4×4 | 27.96 | 29.85 | top 1.8% | 12 / 659 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.52 | 3.72 | top 2.3% | 24 / 973 | |
| Clock | 4.46 | 5.95 | top 3.2% | 8 / 252 | |
| 5×5 | 54.82 | 59.67 | top 3.3% | 14 / 345 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.65 | 18.03 | top 5.6% | 41 / 678 | |
| Square-1 | 10.27 | 14.58 | top 6.6% | 27 / 255 | |
| Skewb | 3.30 | 5.15 | top 6.6% | 52 / 634 | |
| 6×6 | 2:01.91 | 2:15.40 | top 11.8% | 19 / 127 | |
| 7×7 | 4:07.56 | 4:18.68 | top 33.7% | 34 / 99 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 54 / 115 |
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
- 1 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Favorites 2026.
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2024.
- 14 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western FMC Championship 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- Claws Up Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 246 rounds, finished ahead 112 times
- Stanley Tran — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead 88 times
- Mitchell Lane — met in 215 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 76 people have one; it is 5.24 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.