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Matan Betesh

Pyraminx · top 4.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014BETE01

Matan Betesh has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.22, set at Israel Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since April 2014, he has put 455 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.28 in April 2014 to 2.24, a 58% improvement. Matan has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.4% of 129,321 all-time
3.22
signature single · Israel Championship 2024
455
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
Pyraminx3.2210.13
top 4.4%55 / 957
2×22.244.82
top 6.5%132 / 1,401
3×314.5717.32
top 23.0%579 / 2,022
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.33
top 23.4%33 / 115
Skewb6.239.40
top 27.6%180 / 618
Megaminx1:38.221:58.39
top 33.5%98 / 263
3×3 blindfolded2:15.613:16.05
top 38.5%74 / 157
5×51:44.921:58.62
top 39.1%132 / 345
3×3 one-handed27.3736.89
top 40.3%285 / 658
4×41:08.741:18.09
top 45.6%308 / 659
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:04—
top 54.5%29 / 57
Clock17.8319.59
top 58.2%166 / 252
6×63:39.043:52.98
top 58.3%85 / 127
7×75:45.826:08.49
top 64.2%65 / 99
Square-139.6656.29
top 64.9%165 / 248
4×4 blindfolded13:18.00—
early days — 2 solves18 / 27

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 2014: 5.28Cubing for Yuval 2023: 2.24CinemaCube Israel 2024: 4.84Israel Open 2024: 4.79Mike's Cubes 2024: 5.24Israel Championship 2024: 4.59Mike's Cubes Israel 2025: 4.21Israel Championship 2025: 4.31Israel Championship 2026: 4.582.245.2816 Apr 201425 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 145 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Roy Tamir — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
  • Amitai Ziv — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.