People · United States
Frederick Gao
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024GAOF01
Frederick Gao has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Saint John's Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,497th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.52 in October 2024 to 9.54, a 29% improvement. Frederick has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.54 | 14.14 | top 6.2% | 3,497 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.83 | 16.49 | top 26.5% | 7,357 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 4.01 | 5.41 | top 26.7% | 10,700 / 41,674 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Saint John's Warm Up 2025.
- 27 Oct 2024First competition: Quick in Quincy 2024. A 13.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellesley Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Concord MA 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024
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.
- Jonah Mathew — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Derek White — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Justin Lee — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.