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Rotem Ifrach

3×3 blindfolded · top 5.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014IFRA01

Rotem Ifrach has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 33.80, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Israel. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since April 2014, he has put 829 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.55 in April 2014 to 10.31, a 54% improvement. Rotem has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 5.1% of 12,178 all-time
33.80
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
829
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×3 blindfolded33.8055.52
top 5.1%6 / 157
3×310.3113.60
top 8.4%226 / 2,022
2×22.844.68
top 12.4%240 / 1,401
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 13 cubes · 50:04—
top 19.3%9 / 57
4×455.871:03.55
top 31.8%209 / 659
3×3 one-handed24.2333.59
top 32.1%229 / 658
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
top 40.9%59 / 115
Pyraminx8.6214.08
top 41.6%457 / 957
4×4 blindfolded14:09.00—
early days — 1 solve19 / 27
5×53:24.843:42.31
top 85.2%281 / 345
Megaminx3:41.344:23.40
top 86.3%249 / 263

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

Israel Championship 2014: 22.55Israel Championship 2015: 17.80Sharet School 2017: 15.25Swiss Open 2017: 13.10Israel Championship 2017: 13.02Israel Championship 2019: 14.78Israel Summer Open 2019: 13.69Cubing in the Succah 2019: 12.07Hannukubing 2019: 14.15Kubiat Esther 2022: 13.44Aficube A 2022: 12.67Kubiat Ruth 2022: 12.16Israel Championship 2022: 14.24Kubiat HaGalil A 2022: 12.76New Zealand Nationals 2022: 14.53Puriminx A 2023: 12.79Kubiat HaNegev A 2023: 13.69Mike's Cubes 2023: 11.39Israel Championship 2023: 11.49Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 15.16Cubing for Yuval 2023: 11.54Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 10.31CinemaCube Israel 2024: 13.34Israel Open 2024: 14.41Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 13.59Israel Championship 2024: 13.36Cubing for Yuval 2024: 12.59Cubing Carnival Israel 2025: 13.71Haifa Cubing 2025: 11.48Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.39Israel Championship 2025: 11.80Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025: 14.89NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025: 17.08Mike's Cubes Israel 2026: 13.97Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 15.39Israel Championship 2026: 12.0510.3122.5516 Apr 201425 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 192 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Roy Tamir — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
  • Tuval Stone — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 86 times

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 3.80 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.