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Emily Gao

3×3 · top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023GAOE01

Emily Gao has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.26, set at Appleby Winter A 2023, puts her in the top 31.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,586th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since January 2023, she has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. Emily has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.26
signature single · Appleby Winter A 2023
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.2623.56
top 31.8%17,586 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.0012.42
top 44.8%12,893 / 28,708
Skewb10.1915.90
top 56.1%10,190 / 18,907
2×26.538.49
top 56.3%23,016 / 40,951

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

Appleby Winter A 2023: 17.26Pickering B 2023: 19.3217.2619.327 Jan 202319 Mar 2023

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.26 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as she improves.