People · Israel
Nir Arzi Arviv
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ARVI03
Nir Arzi Arviv has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Israel Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2016, he has put 302 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.83 in August 2016 to 8.61, a 46% improvement. Nir has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 1.83 | 3.46 | top 3.7% | 68 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 8.61 | 9.03 | top 4.0% | 110 / 2,022 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.93 | 24.18 | top 17.6% | 130 / 658 | |
| Skewb | 5.73 | 13.53 | top 23.7% | 154 / 618 | |
| 4×4 | 49.28 | 56.55 | top 23.8% | 147 / 659 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.68 | 9.09 | top 25.3% | 286 / 957 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.78 | 2:55.90 | top 63.9% | 223 / 345 |
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
- 17 Jul 2023Nine personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2023.
- 30 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.13 at Israel Championship 2017.
- 30 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Israel Championship 2017.
- 30 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2017.
- 16 Aug 2016First competition: Israel Championship 2016. A 15.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2016 · 16 Aug 2016
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 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Baron — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Itamar Turm — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.