People · South Africa
Byron Gomes
3×3 · top 54.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014GOME21
Byron Gomes has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.68, set at Johannesburg 2016, puts him in the top 54.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 851st in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since November 2014, he has put 99 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:30.84 in November 2014 to 25.68, an 83% improvement. Byron has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 25.68 | 32.91 | top 54.2% | 851 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 6.52 | 16.79 | top 56.2% | 647 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 14.05 | 37.21 | top 75.0% | 299 / 444 | |
| Pyraminx | 20.75 | 24.41 | top 93.8% | 881 / 958 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:29.82 | 1:56.69 | top 94.8% | 410 / 473 | |
| Megaminx | 4:43.27 | 5:37.88 | top 95.2% | 232 / 268 | |
| 4×4 | 3:05.72 | 3:44.07 | top 96.9% | 478 / 495 |
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
- 27 Nov 2016First sub-30 3×3: 25.68 at Johannesburg 2016.
- 29 Nov 2015First sub-60 3×3: 59.47 at Johannesburg Open 2015.
- 8 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at Pretoria Science Week 2015.
- 23 Nov 2014First competition: Johannesburg 2014. A 2:30.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gauteng Autumn 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Johannesburg 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Johannesburg Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Pretoria Science Week 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2014 · 23 Nov 2014
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.
- Brendan James Gray — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Donovan Hale — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jaméan Groenewald — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.