People · Israel
Yakir Steinmetz
3×3 · top 0.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023STEI06
Yakir Steinmetz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.30, set at Israel Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Israel. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 88 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.03 in March 2023 to 6.30, a 48% improvement. Yakir has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 6.30 | 8.74 | top 0.7% | 21 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.46 | top 13.4% | 259 / 1,421 |
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 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.52 at Israel Championship 2026.
- 25 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2026.
- 6 Mar 2023First competition: Puriminx A 2023. A 12.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaNegev B 2023 · 3 Apr 2023
- Puriminx A 2023 · 6 Mar 2023
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.
- Etai Amibar — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Matyas — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Omri Gavriel — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.