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Mati Shabtay

3×3 · top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019SHAB04

Mati Shabtay has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.44, set at Aficube B 2022, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 484th in Israel. Across 5 competitions since April 2019, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.47 in April 2019 to 13.44, a 13% improvement. Mati has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.44
signature single · Aficube B 2022
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×313.4416.72
top 19.0%484 / 2,022
4×449.1957.01
top 23.7%144 / 659
5×51:54.712:05.75
top 45.8%152 / 345
3×3 one-handed30.3138.43
top 47.3%340 / 658
6×65:38.805:47.57
early days — 3 solves113 / 127

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: 15.47Cubing in the Succah 2019: 14.27Aficube B 2022: 13.4413.4415.4714 Apr 201919 Apr 2022

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.