People · Israel
Yam Gilboa
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023GILB05
Yam Gilboa has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.79, set at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Israel. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 340 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.82 in July 2023 to 6.79, a 31% improvement. Yam 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 | 6.79 | 9.31 | top 1.1% | 37 / 2,022 | |
| 4×4 | 30.20 | 36.81 | top 3.0% | 24 / 659 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 3.31 | top 6.9% | 139 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.69 | 16.55 | top 7.5% | 49 / 658 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.83 | 1:23.02 | top 17.4% | 53 / 345 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.92 | 9.02 | top 35.5% | 395 / 957 |
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
- 8 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025.
- 21 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval 2024.
- 17 Jul 2023First competition: Israel Championship 2023. A 10.28 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Israel Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cyprus Cubing League IV 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Haifa Cubing 2025 · 15 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Ben Baron — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roy Tamir — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Amitai Ziv — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.