People · Canada
Colin Gawthroupe
3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019GAWT01
Colin Gawthroupe has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 187th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2019, he has put 344 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in September 2019 to 7.38, a 42% improvement. Colin 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.38 | 8.94 | top 1.8% | 187 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 2.64 | top 3.8% | 245 / 7,245 | |
| Square-1 | 8.78 | 12.65 | top 4.2% | 30 / 973 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.63 | 25.23 | top 25.0% | 546 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 56.72 | 1:08.06 | top 32.9% | 880 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.63 | 12.42 | top 41.7% | 1,952 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.12 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,044 / 1,546 | |
| Skewb | 20.99 | 29.49 | top 91.1% | 2,740 / 2,928 |
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
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wide Bay Cubing 2024.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Hill 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Oshawa Favourites 2022.
- 14 Sep 2019First competition: Battle of Waterloo 2019. A 12.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wide Bay Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Oshawa Favourites 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Leap to Barrie 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
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.
- Brennen Lin — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Lee — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.