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Liav Bengayev

3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019BENG02

Liav Bengayev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.07, set at Hannukubing Israel 2024, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Israel. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since April 2019, he has put 911 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.82 in April 2019 to 7.07, a 60% improvement. Liav has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time
7.07
signature single · Hannukubing Israel 2024
911
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×37.078.61
top 1.4%45 / 2,044
3×3 blindfolded20.0527.00
top 1.5%4 / 157
Square-16.919.49
top 1.7%10 / 255
4×429.7435.75
top 2.7%23 / 659
Pyraminx2.864.19
top 3.2%37 / 973
Clock4.875.76
top 4.1%11 / 252
2×21.902.52
top 4.2%80 / 1,421
3×3 one-handed12.8116.86
top 4.2%31 / 678
5×51:02.201:10.24
top 6.8%23 / 345
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves27.67
top 8.0%14 / 115
Megaminx57.521:03.36
top 8.7%28 / 264
4×4 blindfolded4:08.38—
early days — 2 solves3 / 28
Skewb4.646.08
top 15.6%97 / 634
6×62:55.323:08.88
top 38.7%53 / 127
5×5 blindfolded16:39.00—
early days — 1 solve5 / 14
7×74:50.45—
early days — 2 solves46 / 99
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 11:30—
top 64.9%38 / 57

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

Israel Championship 2019: 17.82Cubing in the Succah 2019: 12.78Hannukubing 2019: 12.36Kubiat Esther 2022: 8.28Aficube B 2022: 7.91Kubiat Ruth 2022: 7.42NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022: 8.13Puriminx A 2023: 7.19Mike's Cubes 2023: 8.35Israel Championship 2023: 7.61Cubing for Yuval 2023: 7.20Israel Championship 2024: 8.67Hannukubing Israel 2024: 7.07Israel Championship 2026: 8.04Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026: 7.567.0717.8214 Apr 201928 Sep 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.

  • Ben Baron — met in 208 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Roy Tamir — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Amitai Ziv — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 104 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 176 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.