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Ori Hirshberg

3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019HIRS03

Ori Hirshberg has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.97, set at CinemaCube Israel 2024, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 193rd in Israel. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2019, he has put 69 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.43 in October 2019 to 9.97, a 62% improvement. Ori has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.97
signature single · CinemaCube Israel 2024
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×39.9713.34
top 7.4%193 / 2,022
2×22.834.47
top 12.3%237 / 1,401
4×444.9249.35
top 18.2%118 / 659
3×3 blindfolded3:10.74
early days — 3 solves94 / 157
Pyraminx11.3713.52
top 63.1%678 / 957
Skewb16.1219.39
top 81.7%520 / 618
Square-11:13.481:36.42
top 90.4%235 / 248

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 in the Succah 2019: 26.43Kubiat Esther 2022: 12.38CinemaCube Israel 2024: 9.979.9726.4315 Oct 201924 Mar 2024

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 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Niv Doron — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Roy Tamir — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.