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Tal Stainfeld

2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023STAI01

Tal Stainfeld has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Puriminx B 2023, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 189th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2023, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. Tal has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.56
signature single · Puriminx B 2023
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×22.565.94
top 9.5%189 / 1,401
Pyraminx5.899.77
top 19.2%234 / 957
3×314.1918.08
top 21.6%544 / 2,022
3×3 one-handed43.2155.26
top 69.6%469 / 658

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

Puriminx B 2023: 15.66Kubiat HaNegev B 2023: 14.1914.1915.667 Mar 20233 Apr 2023

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.

  • Asaf Meir — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Erez Katz — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Tomer Shmueli — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.