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Aren Gates

3×3 · top 97.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2004 · 2004GATE01

Aren Gates has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:26.23, set at Caltech Spring competition 2004, puts him in the top 97.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58,746th in the United States. Across 1 competition since April 2004, he has put 6 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3
best event — top 97.6% of 284,439 all-time
1:26.23
signature single · Caltech Spring competition 2004
6
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:26.23
early days — 3 solves58,746 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed3:03.504:34.41
early days — 3 solves15,644 / 15,683

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 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 26.23 away.
  • A sub-3:00 3×3 one-handed single — 73,331 people have one; it is 3.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.