People · Israel
Michael Somech
3×3 · top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025SOME03
Michael Somech has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.48, set at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 568th in Israel. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 51 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.94 in August 2025 to 14.48, a 24% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 14.48 | 16.45 | top 22.6% | 568 / 2,022 | |
| Skewb | 6.92 | 12.93 | top 33.0% | 224 / 618 | |
| 2×2 | 4.72 | 11.20 | top 35.8% | 586 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.36 | 17.82 | top 74.8% | 783 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 556 / 658 |
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
- 8 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.48 at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025.
- 8 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025First competition: Israel Championship 2025. A 18.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025 · 16 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025
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.
- Roy Tamir — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Baron — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dan Boharon — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.48 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.