People · United States
Colby Gates
Pyraminx · top 49.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015GATE01
Colby Gates has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Summit City Open 2016, puts him in the top 49.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,290th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since June 2015, he has put 110 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 31.92 in June 2015 to 9.53, a 70% improvement. Colby has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.53 | 14.45 | top 49.3% | 14,290 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 7.35 | 10.46 | top 63.2% | 26,016 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 11.85 | 19.13 | top 65.3% | 12,150 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 32.04 | 42.57 | top 66.0% | 39,621 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 3:17.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,755 / 19,072 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 May 2016First sub-60 3×3: 46.04 at Summit City Open 2016.
- 7 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Summit City Open 2016.
- 12 Jun 2015First competition: Indiana 2015. A 1:06.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Petoskey Cubing 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Shaker Spring 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Summit City Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 2015
- Indiana 2015 · 12 Jun 2015
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.
- James Hildreth — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Blake Thompson — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuxuan Chen (陈雨璇) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.