People · Israel
Shalem Cohen
3×3 · top 0.78% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022COHE15
Shalem Cohen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.40, set at NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025, puts him in the top 0.78% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Israel. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2022, he has put 423 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.28 in October 2022 to 6.40, a 31% improvement. Shalem 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 | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.40 | 7.13 | top 0.78% | 23 / 2,044 | |
| 4×4 | 27.41 | 30.79 | top 1.6% | 9 / 659 | |
| 5×5 | 51.22 | 56.15 | top 2.1% | 9 / 345 | |
| 6×6 | 1:47.92 | 1:55.49 | top 6.5% | 13 / 127 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.96 | 19.60 | top 8.1% | 56 / 678 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.97 | top 8.6% | 179 / 1,421 | |
| Skewb | 6.52 | 9.62 | top 30.0% | 197 / 634 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.29 | 2:09.30 | top 40.1% | 111 / 264 |
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
- 16 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025.
- 5 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Around the Clock Israel 2024.
- 12 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Israel Winter Open B 2024.
- 17 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2023.
- 12 Oct 2022First competition: Kubiat HaGalil A 2022. A 12.23 3×3 single to start from.
- 12 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Kubiat HaGalil A 2022.
Competitions
- NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025 · 16 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Episode IV - A Cubic Hope Israel 2025 · 27 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 4x4 by Road 44 Israel 2024 · 27 Sep 2024
- Around the Clock Israel 2024 · 5 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Winter Open B 2024 · 12 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022 · 20 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaGalil A 2022 · 12 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Ben Baron — met in 84 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roy Tamir — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Levi Krassenstein — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.