People · Israel
Noam Ben-Shaanan
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015BENS01
Noam Ben-Shaanan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Israel Championship 2019, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 179th in Israel. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2015, he has put 182 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.94 in September 2015 to 9.59, a 63% improvement. Noam has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.59 | 11.50 | top 6.4% | 179 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 3.65 | top 12.0% | 232 / 1,421 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.22 | 6.97 | top 14.6% | 178 / 973 | |
| Skewb | 5.91 | 9.60 | top 25.1% | 170 / 634 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.34 | 26.45 | top 27.0% | 194 / 678 | |
| 4×4 | 54.87 | 1:04.65 | top 30.7% | 195 / 659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.42 | 2:38.60 | top 56.9% | 188 / 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
- 14 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Israel Championship 2019.
- 30 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2017.
- 16 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 12.79 at Israel Championship 2016.
- 16 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.79 at Israel Championship 2016.
- 16 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2016.
- 29 Sep 2015First competition: Israel Championship 2015. A 25.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Special 2018 · 2 Apr 2018
- Sharet School 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Sharet School 2017 · 2 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2016 · 16 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2015 · 29 Sep 2015
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 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Daniel Yosef — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yoni Strassberg — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.