People · United States
Athan Gillespie
2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016GILL01
Athan Gillespie has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Pennsylvania 2018, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,103rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 225 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.78 in January 2016 to 11.29, a 46% improvement. Athan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.88 | top 7.9% | 3,103 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.29 | 14.19 | top 11.4% | 6,148 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.68 | 11.06 | top 15.8% | 2,471 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.02 | 27.83 | top 34.3% | 4,514 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.86 | 10.21 | top 35.0% | 9,907 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.79 | 1:12.10 | top 40.4% | 6,583 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 1:22.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,359 / 6,743 |
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
- 17 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2018.
- 29 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.71 at Severna Park Fall 2016.
- 21 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.68 at Big Apple Spring 2016.
- 30 Jan 2016First competition: Slow N Steady Winter 2016. A 20.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Rally In The Valley 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018
- RVA Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016
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.
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Will Callan — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Corey Sakowski — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.