People · Israel
Ofer Jacob
2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025JACO02
Ofer Jacob has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Israel Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 102 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.81 in March 2025 to 1.81, a 69% improvement. Ofer has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 4.58 | top 3.6% | 67 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 14.89 | 17.75 | top 24.1% | 606 / 2,022 | |
| Skewb | 10.62 | 19.66 | top 58.7% | 387 / 618 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.95 | 16.47 | top 60.2% | 643 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:00.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 559 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.89 at Israel Championship 2026.
- 16 Mar 2025First competition: Cubing Carnival Israel 2025. A 21.46 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.29 at Cubing Carnival Israel 2025.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025 · 16 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025
- Cubing Carnival Israel 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ohev Nassi — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Roy Tamir — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Baron — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.