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Dean Gelling

2×2 · top 17.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014GELL01

Dean Gelling has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.30, set at US Nationals 2015, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,967th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2014, he has put 51 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.71 in February 2014 to 18.37, a 55% improvement. Dean has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.30
signature single · US Nationals 2015
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.307.34
top 17.8%6,967 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.9914.88
top 27.8%7,639 / 28,708
3×318.3724.37
top 35.2%19,702 / 59,724
Skewb11.8315.96
top 65.2%12,132 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed54.69
early days — 3 solves11,935 / 15,683
4×42:16.27
early days — 1 solve16,698 / 19,072
5×54:25.41
early days — 1 solve8,972 / 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

Princeton Winter 2014: 40.71River Hill Summer 2014: 21.61Doylestown Spring 2015: 18.37US Nationals 2015: 20.5418.3740.7115 Feb 201431 Jul 2015

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.