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Cornelius Gill
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025GILL07
Cornelius Gill has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.87, set at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,906th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 86 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.33 in August 2025 to 9.87, a 20% improvement. Cornelius has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.87 | 11.20 | top 7.1% | 3,906 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 9.36 | top 12.3% | 3,207 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.08 | 6.12 | top 27.5% | 10,868 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 56.74 | 1:06.23 | top 32.8% | 5,227 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 11.76 | 15.03 | top 33.8% | 2,675 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.76 | 33.37 | top 41.3% | 5,531 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.81 | 2:08.34 | top 48.5% | 4,064 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 10.14 | 11.60 | top 55.8% | 10,142 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 3:11.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,152 / 7,841 |
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
- 2 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026.
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First competition: DFW Back to School 2025. A 13.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 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.
- Ignatius Gill — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jose Ortiz Jr. — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.