People · Israel
Yotam Kugman
Pyraminx · top 4.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KUGM01
Yotam Kugman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.31, set at Israel Championship 2023, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 253 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.45 in April 2022 to 11.65, a 25% improvement. Yotam 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.31 | 4.48 | top 4.7% | 59 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 4.36 | top 6.3% | 126 / 1,401 | |
| 3×3 | 11.65 | 14.46 | top 12.7% | 335 / 2,022 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.12 | 26.55 | top 20.8% | 151 / 658 | |
| Skewb | 5.34 | 7.95 | top 20.8% | 133 / 618 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:39.17 | 2:14.12 | top 26.3% | 52 / 157 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 43 / 115 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.03 | 1:06.13 | top 36.5% | 245 / 659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.21 | 2:17.79 | top 50.8% | 149 / 263 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 234 / 345 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 24:44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 52 / 57 |
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
- 1 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing for Yuval 2023.
- 17 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2023.
- 22 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022.
- 13 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kubiat HaGalil B 2022.
- 16 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Israel Championship 2022.
- 16 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Cubing for Yuval 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Israel PBQ Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023
- NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022 · 22 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Party Israel 2022 · 24 Nov 2022
- Kubiat HaGalil B 2022 · 13 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Israel Championship 2022 · 16 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing For Yuval 2022 · 19 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kubiat Ruth 2022 · 6 Jun 2022
- Aficube A 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
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.
- Itamar Turm — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yoav Vishne — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ben Baron — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.