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Niv Raz

3×3 · top 37.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022RAZN01

Niv Raz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.29, set at Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023, puts him in the top 37.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 909th in Israel. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 28 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.93 in August 2022 to 19.29, a 28% improvement. Niv has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.9% of 284,439 all-time
19.29
signature single · Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×319.2923.94
top 37.9%909 / 2,022
Skewb8.6411.29
top 46.0%304 / 618
4×41:43.04
early days — 2 solves483 / 659
3×3 one-handed47.93
early days — 2 solves502 / 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

Back to School Utah 2022: 26.93Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 19.52Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023: 19.2919.2926.9327 Aug 202222 Apr 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.29 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.