People · Israel
Lior Zilberman
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023ZILB01
Lior Zilberman has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at Israel Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 194 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.81 in July 2023 to 8.58, a 52% improvement. Lior 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.58 | 9.76 | top 3.9% | 109 / 2,022 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 36.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7 / 157 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 3.73 | top 9.4% | 187 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.48 | 8.31 | top 16.3% | 194 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.38 | 24.59 | top 27.1% | 194 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 59.37 | 1:03.16 | top 35.8% | 240 / 659 | |
| Skewb | 9.12 | 12.27 | top 49.3% | 322 / 618 |
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
- 18 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 24 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Israel Open 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at CinemaCube Israel 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024.
- 1 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.80 at Cubing for Yuval 2023.
- 17 Jul 2023First competition: Israel Championship 2023. A 18.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yeruham Cubing 2025 · 31 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Gal Kaplan — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ben Baron — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yoad Yahalom Weiss — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 6.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.