People · Israel
Maroun Azam
2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022AZAM03
Maroun Azam has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Israel Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2022, he has put 584 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.21 in October 2022 to 9.95, a 77% improvement. Maroun has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.94 | 3.45 | top 4.4% | 87 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.66 | 4.84 | top 6.1% | 79 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 11.89 | top 7.3% | 192 / 2,022 | |
| Skewb | 3.44 | 6.10 | top 7.3% | 53 / 618 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.00 | 24.23 | top 15.1% | 107 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 52.11 | 57.58 | top 27.3% | 170 / 659 | |
| Clock | 11.75 | 14.60 | top 33.8% | 107 / 252 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.88 | 2:19.67 | top 42.5% | 117 / 263 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.57 | 2:05.70 | top 45.7% | 151 / 345 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:08.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 114 / 157 | |
| Square-1 | 48.66 | 1:19.50 | top 74.8% | 195 / 248 |
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
- 15 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Haifa Cubing 2025.
- 15 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Haifa Cubing 2025.
- 20 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Al Bireh 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cyprus Nationals 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 6 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at Palestine Alrowwad 2023.
Competitions
- Cyprus Nationals 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Al Bireh 2025 · 20 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cyprus Nationals 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024
- Kolla Winter Cup 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Winter Open A 2024 · 11 Jan 2024
- Palestine Alrowwad 2023 · 6 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Jerusalem 2023 · 17 Aug 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cyprus Winter Cup 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022 · 21 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kubiat HaGalil B 2022 · 13 Oct 2022
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.
- Amitai Ziv — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ben Baron — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Netanel Pour — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.