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Niv Doron

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019DORO03

Niv Doron has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since April 2019, he has put 888 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.41 in April 2019 to 8.03, a 77% improvement. Niv has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.03
signature single · Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024
888
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×38.0310.14
top 2.8%90 / 2,022
2×21.663.25
top 2.9%60 / 1,401
Pyraminx3.465.65
top 5.3%66 / 957
Clock5.947.26
top 7.1%24 / 252
3×3 one-handed14.9817.18
top 8.1%57 / 658
4×438.5249.27
top 10.4%69 / 659
5×51:18.081:27.93
top 17.6%55 / 345
Skewb4.988.45
top 17.9%112 / 618
Square-116.5320.15
top 19.9%62 / 248
Megaminx1:28.691:41.15
top 27.4%76 / 263
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves45.00
top 30.0%43 / 115
6×62:52.273:00.00
top 37.2%47 / 127
7×74:38.844:54.66
top 44.1%40 / 99
3×3 blindfolded3:55.585:36.95
top 67.0%110 / 157

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: 35.41ICHB Cube Race 2019: 15.98Cubing in the Succah 2019: 16.07Hannukubing 2019: 13.55Kubiat Esther 2022: 11.57Aficube A 2022: 9.41Kubiat Ruth 2022: 9.47Israel Championship 2022: 9.52NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022: 8.42Cyprus Winter Cup 2023: 8.30Puriminx B 2023: 8.88Kubiat HaNegev A 2023: 9.62Israel Championship 2023: 8.60Budapest Back to School 2023: 9.19Cubing for Yuval 2023: 8.73Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 8.03CinemaCube Israel 2024: 10.00Israel Championship 2026: 10.268.0335.4114 Apr 201925 Aug 2026

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.

  • Roy Tamir — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Ben Baron — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Itamar Turm — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 40 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.