People · Israel
Talia Albaranes
Skewb · top 1.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023ALBA05
Talia Albaranes has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.04, set at Israel Championship 2025, puts her in the top 1.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Israel. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2023, she has put 570 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.53 in July 2023 to 9.30, a 36% improvement. Talia has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.04 | 2.66 | top 1.5% | 13 / 618 | |
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 10.42 | top 5.6% | 165 / 2,022 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 3.36 | top 9.0% | 180 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.38 | 6.01 | top 9.6% | 120 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.83 | 19.78 | top 14.6% | 104 / 658 | |
| Clock | 7.97 | 9.69 | top 15.1% | 43 / 252 | |
| Square-1 | 14.45 | 20.28 | top 15.2% | 46 / 248 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.97 | 1:16.08 | top 15.6% | 50 / 263 | |
| 4×4 | 45.44 | 51.13 | top 18.8% | 123 / 659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.17 | 1:47.09 | top 24.2% | 78 / 345 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 54 / 115 |
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 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Haifa Cubing 2025.
- 31 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hannukubing Israel 2024.
- 21 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Cubing for Yuval 2024.
- 21 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval 2024.
- 5 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Around the Clock Israel 2024.
- 24 Apr 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Israel Open 2024.
Competitions
- NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025 · 16 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- MegaMix Israel 2025 · 28 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Episode VI - Return of the Cubers Israel 2025 · 2 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Episode III - Revenge of the Minx Israel 2025 · 14 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hannukubing Israel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Around the Clock Israel 2024 · 5 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- C.S.M. Israel 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Winter Open B 2024 · 12 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Open 2023 · 29 Jul 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 her.
- Ben Baron — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Yoav Atsmon — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Roy Tamir — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as she improves.