People · Israel
Ori Lerman
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022LERM02
Ori Lerman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Israel Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 172 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.47 in December 2022 to 8.70, a 44% improvement. Ori 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.70 | 10.87 | top 4.2% | 121 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.21 | top 9.1% | 183 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.62 | 21.78 | top 22.2% | 159 / 658 | |
| 4×4 | 55.09 | 1:06.13 | top 30.8% | 199 / 659 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.58 | 12.05 | top 32.7% | 362 / 957 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 192 / 345 | |
| Skewb | 13.21 | 15.93 | top 71.6% | 458 / 618 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.71 at Israel Championship 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 7 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Puriminx B 2023.
- 22 Dec 2022First competition: NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022. A 15.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025
- Cubing Carnival Israel 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Puriminx B 2023 · 7 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022 — 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.
- Mark Sander — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Adam Hadash — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Erez Katz — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.