People · Israel
Shani Baram
2×2 · top 12.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022BARA01
Shani Baram has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at Kubiat Ruth 2022, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in Israel. Across 8 competitions since March 2022, he has put 115 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.28 in March 2022 to 12.63, a 27% improvement. Shani has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 5.22 | top 12.6% | 243 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 12.63 | 13.86 | top 16.1% | 417 / 2,022 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:40.46 | — | top 26.7% | 54 / 157 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.70 | 30.35 | top 27.9% | 201 / 658 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.82 | 11.97 | top 34.7% | 386 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.69 | 1:37.79 | top 55.6% | 371 / 659 |
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
- 6 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.20 at Kubiat Ruth 2022.
- 6 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kubiat Ruth 2022.
- 16 Mar 2022First competition: Kubiat Esther 2022. A 17.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Puriminx A 2023 · 6 Mar 2023
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022
- Kubiat HaGalil A 2022 · 12 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2022 · 16 Aug 2022
- Kubiat Ruth 2022 · 6 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Aficube B 2022 · 19 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubiat Esther 2022 · 16 Mar 2022 — 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.
- Ben Baron — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dan Boharon — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Adam Hadash — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.