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Caleb Gizaw
3×3 · top 9.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023GIZA02
Caleb Gizaw has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.49, set at Super Duper San Diego 2024, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,983rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2023, he has put 114 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.26 in December 2023 to 10.49, a 14% improvement. Caleb has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.49 | 11.94 | top 9.0% | 4,983 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.22 | 5.89 | top 29.4% | 11,841 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.69 | 1:17.07 | top 48.6% | 8,228 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.66 | 13.01 | top 50.3% | 14,851 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 9.56 | 13.87 | top 52.3% | 9,537 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.30 | 44.56 | top 62.9% | 9,006 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.54 | — | top 66.1% | 5,843 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 21.24 | 28.00 | top 68.2% | 6,040 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,484 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 7:38.95 | 8:20.87 | early days — 3 solves | 4,129 / 4,262 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: UCSD Winter 2023. A 12.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024
- San Diego Big Cub 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Henry Helmuth — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anders Arnsten — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.