People · United States
Shai Arbisser
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025ARBI01
Shai Arbisser has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Liberty Science Center Open B 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,804th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2025, he has put 344 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.78 in January 2025 to 8.22, a 30% improvement. Shai has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.22 | 9.71 | top 3.2% | 1,804 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 6.91 | 8.47 | top 10.6% | 819 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.16 | 19.09 | top 10.6% | 1,405 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.55 | 4.31 | top 20.8% | 8,171 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 9.78 | top 24.3% | 6,621 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.88 | 1:44.27 | top 28.8% | 2,000 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 23.41 | 27.36 | top 35.6% | 2,310 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.65 | 1:16.09 | top 41.4% | 6,776 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.05 | 13.32 | top 48.8% | 8,715 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:07.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,152 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.93 | — | top 62.0% | 5,340 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:43.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,657 / 4,196 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 4 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 4 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First competition: PBs in Palisades Open 2025. A 13.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Providence Spring AM 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Manhattan Mini AM 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- Flushing Glow Autumn PM 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 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.
- Nadiv Herrmann — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eli Rogers — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.