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Claire Gao

3×3 · top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019GAOC02

Claire Gao has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.12, set at Odd Seattle Summer 2022, puts her in the top 28.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,420th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2019, she has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. Claire has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time
16.12
signature single · Odd Seattle Summer 2022
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.1220.37
top 28.2%15,420 / 59,724
5×52:21.542:32.67
top 61.8%5,322 / 9,401

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

Puget Sound Summer 2019: 17.89Odd Seattle Summer 2022: 16.1216.1217.8910 Aug 201928 May 2022

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-2:00 5×5 single — 20,087 people have one; it is 21.54 away.

Targets move as she improves.