People · Israel
Yakir Goldberg
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016GOLD10
Yakir Goldberg has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.06, set at Hannukubing 2019, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Israel. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2016, he has put 196 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.82 in August 2016 to 8.06, a 26% improvement. Yakir 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.06 | 9.78 | top 2.9% | 94 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.22 | top 4.9% | 106 / 1,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.04 | 18.60 | top 10.4% | 73 / 678 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.60 | 9.20 | top 17.1% | 208 / 973 | |
| 4×4 | 49.20 | 53.42 | top 23.8% | 145 / 659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.32 | 1:57.85 | top 45.7% | 150 / 345 | |
| Skewb | 10.97 | 14.31 | top 60.7% | 411 / 634 | |
| Megaminx | 3:09.98 | — | early days — 1 solve | 233 / 264 |
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
- 30 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Hannukubing 2019.
- 17 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Israel Summer Open 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2019.
- 2 Jun 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Sharet School 2017.
- 16 Aug 2016First competition: Israel Championship 2016. A 10.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hannukubing 2019 · 30 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Summer Open 2019 · 17 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Sharet School 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Sharet School 2017 · 2 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2016 · 16 Aug 2016 — 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 35 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yoni Strassberg — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ben Baron — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.