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Shmulik Kachuriner

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017KACH04

Shmulik Kachuriner has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Kubiat HaGalil A 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Israel. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2017, he has put 518 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.11 in August 2017 to 8.95, a 58% improvement. Shmulik has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.95
signature single · Kubiat HaGalil A 2022
518
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×38.9513.48
top 4.7%136 / 2,022
2×22.354.74
top 7.5%157 / 1,401
Pyraminx4.036.67
top 7.8%97 / 957
Skewb5.057.16
top 18.5%119 / 618
Clock9.0911.08
top 20.4%64 / 252
4×455.511:04.67
top 31.3%207 / 659
3×3 one-handed25.5330.42
top 35.6%252 / 658
Megaminx2:07.722:11.24
top 49.9%145 / 263
Square-134.4535.97
top 57.5%146 / 248
3×3 blindfolded3:19.36—
early days — 2 solves98 / 157
5×52:22.102:30.24
top 62.0%216 / 345

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

Israel Championship 2017: 21.11Israel Championship 2019: 14.45Cubing in the Succah 2019: 15.05Hannukubing 2019: 14.56Kubiat Esther 2022: 13.53Aficube A 2022: 12.41Kubiat Ruth 2022: 10.60Israel Championship 2022: 12.29Kubiat HaGalil A 2022: 8.95NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022: 13.42Puriminx A 2023: 12.22Israel Winter Open B 2024: 15.08Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 10.38Israel Championship 2024: 12.34Around the Clock Israel 2024: 14.67Israel Championship 2026: 14.618.9521.1130 Aug 201725 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 105 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Roy Tamir — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Dan Boharon — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 20 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.