People · Israel
Yoav Kalo
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019KALO01
Yoav Kalo has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Israel. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, he has put 69 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.29 in April 2019 to 9.06, a 20% improvement. Yoav has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.06 | 10.80 | top 5.0% | 144 / 2,044 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.67 | 20.64 | top 14.3% | 106 / 678 | |
| 4×4 | 51.38 | 53.03 | top 26.5% | 163 / 659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.71 | 2:12.52 | top 52.3% | 173 / 345 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024.
- 15 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Cubing in the Succah 2019.
- 15 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Succah 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019First competition: Israel Championship 2019. A 12.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 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.
- Eyal Alfasi — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Baron — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Omri Kehila — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.