People · Israel
Lia Sobel
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015SOBE02
Lia Sobel has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Sharet School 2018, puts her in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in Israel. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2015, she has put 308 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 33.61 in September 2015 to 10.73, a 68% improvement. Lia has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.73 | 12.86 | top 9.7% | 261 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 4.23 | top 10.5% | 211 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.98 | 7.90 | top 19.9% | 237 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 49.08 | 1:18.59 | top 23.6% | 143 / 659 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.50 | 24.44 | top 24.6% | 175 / 658 | |
| Skewb | 6.69 | 8.70 | top 31.2% | 211 / 618 | |
| Square-1 | 23.59 | 34.30 | top 36.0% | 104 / 248 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.28 | 2:12.24 | top 44.2% | 147 / 345 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.20 | 2:56.60 | top 60.7% | 190 / 263 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 90 / 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
- 25 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Sharet School 2018.
- 26 Nov 2016Eleven personal bests in one day at PSKubing 2016.
- 16 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.68 at Israel Championship 2016.
- 16 Aug 2016Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2016.
- 15 Jul 2016First sub-20 3×3: 15.96 at European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016.
- 15 Jul 2016Six personal bests in one day at European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Israel Special 2018 · 2 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharet School 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017
- PSKubing 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 11 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2016 · 16 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2015 · 29 Sep 2015
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.
- Jan Bentlage — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oliver Fritz — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kevin Gerhardt — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as she improves.