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Neriyah Ben Aharon

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022AHAR05

Neriyah Ben Aharon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.23, set at Hannukubing Israel 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 222 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.84 in December 2022 to 7.23, a 39% improvement. Neriyah has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.23
signature single · Hannukubing Israel 2024
222
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×37.239.25
top 1.6%59 / 2,022
2×22.093.50
top 5.4%111 / 1,401
4×436.5746.44
top 8.2%57 / 659
3×3 one-handed18.5921.46
top 16.6%125 / 658
Skewb5.437.55
top 21.4%137 / 618
Pyraminx6.347.89
top 22.5%260 / 957
5×51:26.281:34.51
top 24.3%80 / 345
Megaminx2:15.03
early days — 2 solves157 / 263
6×63:36.643:48.01
early days — 3 solves82 / 127
7×75:26.686:03.67
early days — 3 solves59 / 99
Clock27.85
early days — 1 solve218 / 252

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

NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022: 11.84Cubing for Yuval 2023: 10.91Israel Winter Open B 2024: 9.92Israel Open 2024: 8.55Cubing for Yuval 2024: 8.55Hannukubing Israel 2024: 7.237.2311.8420 Dec 202231 Dec 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.