People · United States
Gabe Erickson
Skewb · top 1.0% of 74,164 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017ERIC04
Gabe Erickson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Minnesota Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 162nd in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2017, he has put 500 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.53 in November 2017 to 10.66, a 55% improvement. Gabe has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.86 | 4.40 | top 1.0% | 162 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.37 | 5.05 | top 1.9% | 498 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 1.51 | 2.54 | top 2.2% | 893 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 9.40 | 16.99 | top 5.1% | 378 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 | 10.66 | 12.37 | top 9.5% | 5,249 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 41.83 | 47.66 | top 14.4% | 2,175 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 8.29 | 9.56 | top 16.5% | 1,283 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.68 | 1:37.07 | top 20.9% | 1,469 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.91 | 1:31.34 | top 21.6% | 1,698 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.48 | 27.39 | top 27.4% | 3,578 / 15,900 | |
| 6×6 | 2:52.87 | 3:17.88 | top 37.5% | 1,384 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:36.63 | 4:51.84 | top 43.4% | 1,270 / 3,236 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing on the Green MN 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Cubetcha MN 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.77 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Even in Eagan 2026 · 25 Sep 2026
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mini-sota Heartland Warm-Up II 2026 · 5 May 2026
- Very Awesome Mini-sota 2026 · 6 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Cubing on the Green MN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Big Brain Minnesota 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fargo Fall 2017 · 12 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Kaius Young — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Walker Welch — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Carter Kucala — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.