People · United States
Colt Gertsch
Skewb · top 7.5% of 74,164 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022GERT01
Colt Gertsch has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Idaho Freeze Dried 2023, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,170th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2022, he has put 342 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.63 in May 2022 to 11.24, a 40% improvement. Colt has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.45 | 7.59 | top 7.5% | 1,170 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 11.24 | 14.47 | top 11.3% | 6,178 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.81 | 5.86 | top 12.1% | 3,195 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.18 | top 16.1% | 6,370 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 46.44 | 1:01.72 | top 20.2% | 3,090 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 10.74 | 15.16 | top 28.7% | 2,273 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.77 | 40.50 | top 43.9% | 6,006 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.98 | 2:12.01 | top 47.5% | 4,018 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 29.31 | 41.82 | top 48.2% | 3,187 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.03 | — | top 48.7% | 3,693 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.00 | 4:23.64 | top 62.7% | 2,458 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 7:58.37 | 8:30.26 | early days — 3 solves | 2,884 / 3,236 |
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
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.16 at Posthaste Potato Solving 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Gem State Side Events 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Going Slow in Idaho 2022. A 19.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Idaho Spooky Speedsolving 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events Idaho 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rexburg Rumble 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Burley Summer 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spooky Solving Idaho 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Burley Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Freeze Dried 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Posthaste Potato Solving 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Idaho French Fried 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Going Slow in Idaho 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Isaac Buck — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jack Martin — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.