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Evan Gates

3×3 · top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2004 · 2004GATE02

Evan Gates has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.02, set at Marymount Open 2010, puts him in the top 31.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,120th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2004, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.17 in April 2004 to 17.02, a 44% improvement. Evan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.02
signature single · Marymount Open 2010
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.0222.26
top 31.0%17,120 / 59,724
2×24.937.54
top 38.4%15,399 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:36.95
early days — 2 solves14,919 / 15,683
4×42:59.18
early days — 2 solves18,531 / 19,072

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

Caltech Spring competition 2004: 30.17US Nationals 2004: 22.39Marymount Open 2010: 17.0217.0230.173 Apr 20049 Oct 2010

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.

  • Adam Zamora — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Yin Jia Qiu — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Frank Chang — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.