People · Israel
Roey Ben Shmuel
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BENS06
Roey Ben Shmuel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at Israel Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Israel. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2022, he has put 281 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.23 in October 2022 to 9.06, a 57% improvement. Roey has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.06 | 12.04 | top 5.0% | 144 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.14 | top 12.5% | 243 / 1,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.53 | 21.67 | top 22.0% | 158 / 678 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.45 | 11.20 | top 31.6% | 363 / 973 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.27 | 1:06.53 | top 37.9% | 253 / 659 | |
| Skewb | 15.35 | 20.65 | top 79.4% | 517 / 634 |
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: 9.06 at Israel Championship 2024.
- 17 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2023.
- 3 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Kubiat HaNegev B 2023.
- 8 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Puriminx C 2023.
- 22 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.11 at NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022.
- 22 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.11 at NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaNegev B 2023 · 3 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cyprus Winter Cup 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kubiat HaGalil A 2022 · 12 Oct 2022
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.
- Yedidya Nisim Shimoni — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Uri Roitgrund — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Bar Elor — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.