People · United States
Shmuly Grossbaum
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023GROS09
Shmuly Grossbaum has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.00, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,099th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2023, he has put 223 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.24 in June 2023 to 10.00, an 18% improvement. Shmuly has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.00 | 11.61 | top 7.4% | 4,099 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.64 | 10.14 | top 17.4% | 4,601 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.89 | 11.10 | top 19.4% | 1,488 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 5.02 | top 20.5% | 8,023 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 20.27 | 34.41 | top 28.6% | 1,869 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 54.35 | 1:06.05 | top 29.9% | 4,696 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.58 | 33.91 | top 45.7% | 6,201 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.90 | 2:12.97 | top 56.0% | 4,736 / 9,401 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rocklin Winter 2024.
- 20 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Davis Fall 2024.
- 23 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sioux City Sunday 2023.
- 25 Jun 2023First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023. A 12.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rocklin Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Davis Winter 2024 · 18 Feb 2024
- Folsom Winter 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2023 · 20 Aug 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sioux City Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 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.
- Zalman Grossbaum — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.