People · Israel
Uri Gitelis
2×2 · top 8.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025GITE01
Uri Gitelis has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at Israel Championship 2026, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2025, he has put 201 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.12 in August 2025 to 10.52, a 35% improvement. Uri has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.43 | 3.52 | top 8.3% | 174 / 1,421 | |
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 12.88 | top 9.1% | 244 / 2,044 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 7.58 | top 12.3% | 153 / 973 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.93 | 28.71 | top 20.3% | 147 / 678 | |
| 4×4 | 53.82 | 59.68 | top 29.4% | 184 / 659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.44 | 1:46.76 | top 32.7% | 104 / 345 | |
| Square-1 | 22.89 | 29.45 | top 34.5% | 104 / 255 | |
| Skewb | 7.80 | 8.98 | top 39.8% | 275 / 634 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 165 / 264 | |
| 6×6 | 5:52.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 115 / 127 |
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
- 28 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026.
- 25 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2026.
- 16 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.91 at NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025.
- 8 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025First competition: Israel Championship 2025. A 16.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026 · 28 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes Israel 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025 · 16 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 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.
- Ohev Nassi — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Roy Tamir — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
- Itai Hershberg — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.