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Ofer Horev

Skewb · top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023HORE01

Ofer Horev has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Israel. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since October 2023, he has put 760 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.21 in October 2023 to 8.64, a 68% improvement. Ofer has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time
1.86
signature single · NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025
760
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
Skewb1.863.26
top 1.0%7 / 618
2×21.622.90
top 2.7%53 / 1,401
Pyraminx2.735.26
top 2.8%34 / 957
3×38.649.62
top 4.0%116 / 2,022
4×432.5143.88
top 4.6%37 / 659
3×3 one-handed13.4516.58
top 5.2%38 / 658
Clock5.446.38
top 5.6%18 / 252
Megaminx1:00.161:07.25
top 10.1%33 / 263
Square-114.8425.97
top 16.1%50 / 248
3×3 blindfolded1:25.79—
top 21.6%40 / 157
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves34.67
top 26.7%39 / 115
5×51:35.491:47.24
top 31.9%103 / 345
6×64:01.13—
early days — 2 solves95 / 127

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

Cubing for Yuval 2023: 27.21Israel Winter Open B 2024: 20.04Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 16.27Israel Open 2024: 16.24Israel Championship 2024: 11.45Around the Clock Israel 2024: 11.85Cubing for Yuval 2024: 11.63Hannukubing Israel 2024: 9.78Cubing Carnival Israel 2025: 9.00Haifa Cubing 2025: 8.96Yeruham Cubing 2025: 8.64Israel Championship 2025: 11.08Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025: 10.27NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025: 9.83Israel Championship 2026: 8.778.6427.211 Oct 202325 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 172 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Amitai Ziv — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
  • Roy Tamir — met in 159 rounds, finished ahead 25 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.