People · Israel
Shlomo Ben Shalom
3×3 · top 0.99% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SHAL01
Shlomo Ben Shalom has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.66, set at Israel Summer Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Israel. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2016, he has put 181 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.91 in August 2016 to 6.66, a 72% improvement. Shlomo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 6.66 | 8.56 | top 0.99% | 32 / 2,022 | |
| 4×4 | 30.90 | 32.76 | top 3.4% | 30 / 659 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 2.97 | top 7.0% | 143 / 1,401 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.43 | 1:15.52 | top 11.9% | 35 / 345 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.54 | 1:16.57 | top 13.1% | 45 / 263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.78 | 26.57 | top 14.5% | 103 / 658 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 59 / 115 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.03 | 11.66 | top 45.1% | 497 / 957 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:44.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 104 / 157 | |
| Skewb | 12.48 | 21.35 | top 68.4% | 442 / 618 |
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
- 17 Jul 2019Six personal bests in one day at Israel Summer Open 2019.
- 25 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 7.30 at Sharet School 2018.
- 30 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 11.28 at Israel Championship 2017.
- 30 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.28 at Israel Championship 2017.
- 30 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2017.
- 16 Aug 2016First competition: Israel Championship 2016. A 23.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Summer Open 2019 · 17 Jul 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharet School 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2016 · 16 Aug 2016
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.
- Yoni Strassberg — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Ben Baron — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Avshalom Sharavani — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.