People · Israel
Yahel Cohen
2×2 · top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022COHE16
Yahel Cohen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Israel Championship 2025, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2022, he has put 97 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.66 in October 2022 to 13.17, a 47% improvement. Yahel 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 | 2.60 | 4.40 | top 9.9% | 200 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 13.17 | 16.68 | top 18.0% | 466 / 2,022 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.59 | 11.78 | top 24.6% | 276 / 957 | |
| Skewb | 13.76 | 25.72 | top 73.9% | 469 / 618 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 510 / 659 | |
| Square-1 | 58.72 | 1:40.54 | top 82.8% | 214 / 248 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:44.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 638 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.17 at Israel Championship 2025.
- 21 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.58 at NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022.
- 13 Oct 2022First competition: Kubiat HaGalil B 2022. A 24.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing C Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Puriminx C 2023 · 8 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022 · 21 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaGalil B 2022 · 13 Oct 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.
- Itai Werner — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Uri Roitgrund — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Itamar Turm — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.