People · Israel
Noam Gadanken
Skewb · top 9.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024GADA01
Noam Gadanken has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.77, set at Israel Championship 2025, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Israel. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2024, he has put 78 official solves on the record across seven events. His Skewb best has come down from 8.99 in April 2024 to 3.77, a 58% improvement. Noam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.77 | 7.02 | top 9.4% | 64 / 618 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.55 | — | top 49.9% | 144 / 263 | |
| 3×3 | 24.17 | 26.59 | top 50.8% | 1,178 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 6.65 | 8.24 | top 57.4% | 904 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.99 | 16.62 | top 67.1% | 723 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 2:20.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 591 / 659 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:26.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 153 / 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
Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Apr 2024First competition: Israel Open 2024. A 24.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024
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 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Baron — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yoav Atsmon — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-2:00 Megaminx single — 15,873 people have one; it is 7.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.