People · Israel
Tom Shimon
2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022SHIM05
Tom Shimon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at Cubing for Yuval 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Israel. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2022, he has put 276 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.11 in December 2022 to 8.46, a 24% improvement. Tom has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.39 | 3.54 | top 1.7% | 31 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 8.46 | 9.95 | top 3.7% | 104 / 2,022 | |
| 4×4 | 37.75 | 48.18 | top 9.5% | 62 / 659 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.60 | 24.10 | top 19.4% | 138 / 658 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.41 | 1:39.85 | top 25.2% | 86 / 345 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.97 | 10.15 | top 27.6% | 310 / 957 | |
| Skewb | 6.54 | 8.77 | top 30.0% | 194 / 618 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.79 | 1:56.16 | top 31.2% | 89 / 263 | |
| 6×6 | 3:05.74 | 3:17.94 | top 43.7% | 63 / 127 | |
| 7×7 | 5:24.23 | 5:51.17 | top 58.1% | 58 / 99 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 228 / 248 |
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
- 27 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at 4x4 by Road 44 Israel 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
- 24 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Israel Open 2024.
- 1 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Cubing for Yuval 2023.
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval 2023.
- 20 Dec 2022First competition: NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022. A 11.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 4x4 by Road 44 Israel 2024 · 27 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022 · 20 Dec 2022
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.
- Yoav Atsmon — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Ben Baron — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Itai Hershberg — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.