People · Israel
Yoav Zaidenberg
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2006 · 2006ZAID01
Yoav Zaidenberg has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Kubiat Esther 2022, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 146th in Israel. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2006, he has put 110 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.95 in September 2006 to 9.12, a 43% improvement. Yoav has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.12 | 10.71 | top 5.1% | 146 / 2,022 |
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
- 16 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Kubiat Esther 2022.
- 26 Apr 2011First sub-15 3×3: 13.77 at Israel Championship 2011.
- 23 Sep 2006First competition: European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006. A 17.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Aficube B 2022 · 19 Apr 2022
- Kubiat Esther 2022 · 16 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hannukubing 2019 · 30 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Succah 2019 · 15 Oct 2019
- Israel Championship 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2017 · 30 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2014 · 16 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Championship 2011 · 26 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Israel Open 2010 · 27 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 · 23 Sep 2006 — 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 3 times
- Ben Baron — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Amit Sheffer — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.