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Ziv Refaeli

2×2 · top 19.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017REFA01

Ziv Refaeli has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Sharet School 2018, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 362nd in Israel. Across 3 competitions since August 2017, he has put 41 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.13 in August 2017 to 3.45, a 44% improvement. Ziv has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.7% of 189,179 all-time
3.45
signature single · Sharet School 2018
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×23.455.82
top 19.7%362 / 1,421
3×317.2618.26
top 31.9%772 / 2,044
Pyraminx10.1910.83
top 54.5%604 / 973
Square-134.7150.47
top 58.0%153 / 255
Megaminx2:40.142:53.03
top 66.1%204 / 264
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves—
early days — 1 solve111 / 115

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

Israel Championship 2017: 6.13Sharet School 2018: 3.453.456.1330 Aug 201725 Mar 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Lia Sobel — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ben Baron — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Yuval Porat — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.