People · Israel
Yair Ron
Square-1 · top 1.0% of 25,662 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022RONY01
Yair Ron has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.29, set at New Year Israel 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Israel. Until May 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2022, he has put 604 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in December 2022 to 8.25, a 59% improvement. Yair has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 6.29 | 8.51 | top 1.0% | 5 / 255 | |
| 3×3 | 8.25 | 9.65 | top 3.3% | 100 / 2,044 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.93 | 4.38 | top 3.4% | 45 / 973 | |
| Megaminx | 48.94 | 56.61 | top 4.7% | 14 / 264 | |
| Skewb | 3.11 | 4.13 | top 5.6% | 42 / 634 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 3.95 | top 9.1% | 184 / 1,421 | |
| 4×4 | 38.03 | 47.66 | top 9.9% | 64 / 659 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.36 | 18.48 | top 11.1% | 79 / 678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.08 | 1:22.98 | top 14.7% | 44 / 345 | |
| Clock | 8.16 | 9.05 | top 15.9% | 51 / 252 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.87 | 3:25.77 | top 50.6% | 72 / 127 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | 47.00 | early days — 3 solves | 72 / 115 | |
| 7×7 | 6:07.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 73 / 99 |
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
- 1 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at New Year Israel 2026.
- 17 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2025.
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval 2023.
- 17 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Israel Championship 2023.
- 17 Jul 2023Twelve personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026 · 28 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New Year Israel 2026 · 1 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah B Israel 2025 · 17 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- MegaMix Israel 2025 · 28 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rogue Squan Israel 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 12 personal bests set
- Suffolk Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Mike's Cubes 2023 · 9 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mega FMC Party Israel 2023 · 28 Apr 2023
- Kubiat HaNegev A 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Puriminx B 2023 · 7 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022 · 21 Dec 2022 — 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.
- Roy Tamir — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ben Baron — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Netanel Pour — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 210 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.