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Noam Katz

2×2 · top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022KATZ01

Noam Katz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at Israel Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Israel. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since March 2022, he has put 1,193 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.88 in March 2022 to 6.57, a 61% improvement. Noam has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time
0.91
signature single · Israel Championship 2024
1,193
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×20.912.89
top 0.39%6 / 1,401
3×36.577.85
top 0.91%31 / 2,022
3×3 one-handed11.1116.02
top 1.9%20 / 658
4×434.1739.23
top 6.0%45 / 659
Pyraminx4.136.16
top 8.3%105 / 957
Square-114.9522.07
top 16.4%52 / 248
Megaminx1:22.011:41.71
top 23.1%66 / 263
5×51:26.211:33.92
top 24.3%79 / 345
Skewb6.038.78
top 25.9%169 / 618
3×3 blindfolded1:47.66—
top 29.1%59 / 157
Clock12.7615.69
top 38.6%119 / 252
6×63:16.613:25.70
top 48.8%69 / 127
7×75:35.846:13.12
top 61.4%63 / 99
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves50.33
top 62.5%83 / 115
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 18:26—
early days — 1 solve45 / 57

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

Kubiat Esther 2022: 16.88Aficube A 2022: 15.64Kubiat Ruth 2022: 13.35Israel Championship 2022: 11.44Kubiat HaGalil A 2022: 11.51NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022: 8.40Puriminx B 2023: 8.88Mike's Cubes 2023: 8.80Israel Championship 2023: 7.38Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.57Cubing for Yuval 2023: 8.20Israel Winter Open B 2024: 7.08Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 7.13Mike's Cubes 2024: 7.16Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.59Israel Championship 2024: 7.44Cubing for Yuval 2024: 6.57Hannukubing Israel 2024: 7.49Haifa Cubing 2025: 7.80Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.67Yeruham Cubing 2025: 7.57Israel Championship 2025: 7.55Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025: 7.38NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025: 6.81Israel Championship 2026: 8.086.5716.8816 Mar 202225 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.

  • Ben Baron — met in 240 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Roy Tamir — met in 200 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Tuval Stone — met in 186 rounds, finished ahead 147 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.