People · United States
Gabe Holmes
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014HOLM01
Gabe Holmes has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.45, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,310th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2014, he has put 328 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.97 in October 2014 to 9.45, a 61% improvement. Gabe has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.45 | 11.45 | top 6.0% | 3,310 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.89 | top 7.2% | 2,875 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 45.66 | 54.31 | top 19.2% | 2,907 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 11.09 | top 22.3% | 6,001 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.13 | 24.80 | top 23.6% | 3,032 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.55 | 1:46.69 | top 35.0% | 2,780 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 25.16 | 35.49 | top 39.5% | 2,564 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 4:15.47 | 4:58.89 | top 70.4% | 2,764 / 4,196 |
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
- 1 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Boston University Winter 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Boston University Winter 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at BA Fall Cube Fest 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.91 at Connect Community 2018.
- 2 May 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.96 at MIT Spring 2015.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- BA Fall Cube Fest 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tar Heel Tango 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015
- MIT Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Williams Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Fall 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Spring 2014 · 12 Apr 2014
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.
- Alex Cohen — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Will Russo — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.