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Gabe Powell

2×2 · top 49.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016POWE02

Gabe Powell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.90, set at Vancouver Open Winter 2017, puts him in the top 49.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,584th in Canada. Across 3 competitions since February 2016, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.06 in February 2016 to 5.90, a 27% improvement. Gabe has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 49.8% of 186,767 all-time
5.90
signature single · Vancouver Open Winter 2017
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×25.909.27
top 49.8%3,584 / 7,173
3×328.4432.46
top 59.7%6,335 / 10,392
3×3 one-handed59.831:15.91
top 83.8%2,083 / 2,620
Pyraminx15.7922.07
top 84.5%4,232 / 4,858

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

Vancouver Open Winter 2016: 8.06Vancouver Fall 2016: 7.47Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 5.905.908.066 Feb 20167 Jan 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.