People · Israel
Yair Zomer
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ZOME01
Yair Zomer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Yeruham Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 115th in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2024, he has put 254 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.55 in February 2024 to 8.62, a 54% improvement. Yair has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 11.02 | top 4.0% | 115 / 2,044 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.57 | 16.51 | top 5.4% | 40 / 678 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.79 | 6.19 | top 6.7% | 89 / 973 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 3.39 | top 10.0% | 203 / 1,421 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:00.93 | — | top 13.4% | 20 / 157 | |
| 4×4 | 41.57 | 47.66 | top 14.0% | 89 / 659 | |
| Skewb | 5.12 | 7.02 | top 19.1% | 128 / 634 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.59 | 1:38.93 | top 20.9% | 56 / 264 | |
| Square-1 | 19.15 | 23.69 | top 26.0% | 79 / 255 | |
| Clock | 11.43 | 13.27 | top 32.1% | 101 / 252 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 52:06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 18 / 57 |
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
- 31 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.62 at Yeruham Cubing 2025.
- 31 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Yeruham Cubing 2025.
- 6 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Episode VII - The Blind Awakens Israel 2025.
- 15 Apr 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Haifa Cubing 2025.
- 5 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Around the Clock Israel 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Rogue Squan Israel 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yeruham Cubing 2025 · 31 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Episode VII - The Blind Awakens Israel 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Episode I - The Parity Menace Israel 2024 · 22 Nov 2024
- Around the Clock Israel 2024 · 5 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Israel Open 2024 · 24 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
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.
- Amitai Ziv — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ben Baron — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yoad Yahalom Weiss — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.