People · Australia
Ewan Gates
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021GATE01
Ewan Gates has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.76, set at Maitland Winter 2023, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 859th in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2021, he has put 113 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.40 in May 2021 to 10.76, a 61% improvement. Ewan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.76 | 12.45 | top 9.7% | 859 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 6.99 | top 12.7% | 961 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.02 | 1:23.01 | top 38.7% | 1,029 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.62 | 44.86 | top 56.6% | 1,338 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:43.51 | — | top 72.0% | 1,016 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.92 | 15.73 | top 81.5% | 4,988 / 5,993 |
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
- 17 Jun 2023Five personal bests in one day at Maitland Winter 2023.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at NSW Open 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at NSW Open 2022.
- 13 Feb 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.47 at Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022.
- 23 May 2021First competition: Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021. A 27.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025
- Maitland Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021 · 23 May 2021
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oscar Liang — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kent Thomson — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.