People · United States
Stav Shani
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SHAN15
Stav Shani has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Washtenaw Summer 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,928th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2023, he has put 233 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.19 in September 2023 to 9.16, a 31% improvement. Stav has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.16 | 11.46 | top 5.2% | 2,928 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.98 | 9.20 | top 13.0% | 3,395 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.63 | top 18.1% | 7,108 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.53 | 43.59 | top 56.4% | 7,840 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.42 | 1:28.96 | top 58.6% | 10,141 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 20.43 | 22.22 | top 65.9% | 5,651 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.75 | — | top 71.2% | 6,279 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 13.79 | 21.77 | top 74.0% | 13,965 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 59.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,581 / 6,743 |
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
- 24 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024.
- 24 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Newcomers 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Winter 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023. A 13.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Plymouth Puzzle-Off 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Mini 3 2024 · 20 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024 · 24 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Spring 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Washtenaw Newcomers 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Cole Shaft — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- James Hildreth — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.