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Alexei Gousev

3×3 · top 36.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2006 · 2006GOUS01

Alexei Gousev has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.87, set at Berkeley Spring competition 2007, puts him in the top 36.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,660th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2006, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.94 in August 2006 to 18.87, a 43% improvement. Alexei has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.87
signature single · Berkeley Spring competition 2007
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.8721.88
top 36.7%20,660 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded2:57.25
top 51.6%1,097 / 2,092
5×52:21.253:07.91
top 61.6%5,306 / 9,401
4×41:31.631:38.00
top 64.8%11,396 / 19,072
2×28.2111.40
top 69.1%28,587 / 40,951

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

US Nationals 2006: 32.94Caltech Winter competition 2007: 19.28Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 18.87EPGY California Open 2008: 20.93San Francisco Open 2009: 21.0818.8732.944 Aug 200618 Jan 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

  • Adam Zamora — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Dan Dzoan — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Lucas Garron — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.87 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 57.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.