People · Israel

Nir Marcovitz

2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022MARC01

Nir Marcovitz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2022, he has put 327 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.23 in April 2022 to 9.13, a 50% improvement. Nir has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2

best event — top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time

1.87

signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023

327

official solves on the record

11%

solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked

Event	PB single	PB average		Israel
2×2	1.87	2.46	top 4.0%	74 / 1,401
3×3	9.13	11.05	top 5.2%	148 / 2,022
Pyraminx	4.64	6.20	top 11.0%	136 / 957
Clock	7.57	9.94	top 13.2%	38 / 252
3×3 one-handed	18.54	23.70	top 16.5%	121 / 658
4×4	54.82	1:00.08	top 30.5%	194 / 659
Square-1	21.70	28.16	top 31.8%	91 / 248
Skewb	8.13	15.77	top 42.3%	280 / 618
Megaminx	2:14.27	2:38.27	top 53.3%	153 / 263
5×5	2:16.88	—	top 59.3%	199 / 345
6×6	4:45.40	—	top 78.5%	108 / 127
7×7	9:48.87	—	early days — 1 solve	96 / 99

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

1 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023.
4 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022.
10 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Berkeley Fall 2022.
10 Sep 2022Six personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2022.
11 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Berkeley Summer 2022.
23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022.

Competitions

Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set

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.

Stanley Tran — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Varun Mohanraj — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Luke O. Brannon — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 15 times

Next targets

A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.