People · Israel
Karin Ficher
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013FICH02
Karin Ficher has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.58, set at Israel Championship 2017, puts her in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in Israel. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2013, she has put 257 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.40 in September 2013 to 10.58, a 39% improvement. Karin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.58 | 12.15 | top 9.2% | 248 / 2,022 | |
| 4×4 | 42.49 | 48.38 | top 15.1% | 95 / 659 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.75 | 9.59 | top 18.1% | 219 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 4.48 | 5.42 | top 32.7% | 542 / 1,401 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.87 | 1:47.61 | top 35.3% | 115 / 345 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.13 | 32.81 | top 39.7% | 277 / 658 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.30 | 3:01.66 | top 47.6% | 131 / 263 | |
| 6×6 | 4:03.60 | 4:19.09 | early days — 3 solves | 98 / 127 | |
| Skewb | 12.72 | 16.59 | top 69.5% | 450 / 618 | |
| 7×7 | 8:28.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 93 / 99 |
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
- 30 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2017.
- 16 Aug 2016Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2016.
- 29 Sep 2015Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2015.
- 31 Jul 2015Six personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2015.
- 16 Apr 2014First sub-15 3×3: 12.22 at Israel Championship 2014.
- 16 Apr 2014Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2014.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2016 · 16 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2015 · 29 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2014 · 16 Apr 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Florence Open 2013 · 22 Sep 2013
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 her.
- Daniel Yosef — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Eyal Alfasi — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Amit Sheffer — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.49 away.
Targets move as she improves.