People · Israel
Lavi Amsterdam
2×2 · top 1.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025AMST01
Lavi Amsterdam has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in Israel. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2025, he has put 318 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.44 in March 2025 to 11.50, a 38% improvement. Lavi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 1.39 | 4.06 | top 1.7% | 33 / 1,421 | |
| Clock | 6.58 | 7.09 | top 9.4% | 28 / 252 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.37 | 6.66 | top 9.6% | 121 / 973 | |
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 13.84 | top 12.2% | 328 / 2,044 | |
| Square-1 | 14.54 | 17.74 | top 15.4% | 48 / 255 | |
| 4×4 | 44.40 | 48.55 | top 17.6% | 110 / 659 | |
| Skewb | 5.29 | 7.36 | top 20.5% | 134 / 634 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.30 | 30.79 | top 32.4% | 232 / 678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.76 | 1:58.65 | top 35.2% | 113 / 345 |
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 2026Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2026.
- 1 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at New Year Israel 2026.
- 17 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025.
- 8 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.48 at Israel Championship 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026 · 28 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New Year Israel 2026 · 1 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025 · 17 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Carnival Israel 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Yehonatan Haim Polak — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ohev Nassi — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ben Baron — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.