People · United States
Shai Arbisser
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 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 6.99, set at Hazlet Fall 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 831st in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2025, he has put 374 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.78 in January 2025 to 6.99, a 41% improvement. Shai has entered 13 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 | 6.99 | 9.37 | top 1.3% | 831 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 6.91 | 8.30 | top 10.5% | 832 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.16 | 19.09 | top 10.7% | 1,437 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.55 | 4.31 | top 20.9% | 8,303 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 9.78 | top 24.3% | 6,731 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.88 | 1:44.27 | top 28.9% | 2,046 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 23.41 | 27.36 | top 35.7% | 2,344 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 7.56 | 13.32 | top 38.0% | 6,598 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.65 | 1:12.21 | top 41.5% | 6,876 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:07.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,172 / 2,128 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.93 | — | top 62.1% | 5,423 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 5:43.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,716 / 4,262 |
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
- Hazlet Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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 72 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eli Rogers — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.