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Gabe Smith

Skewb · top 1.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SMIT69

Gabe Smith has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at NZ South Island Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in New Zealand. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2023, he has put 1,083 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.80 in August 2023 to 2.09, a 69% improvement. Gabe has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.9% of 73,281 all-time
2.20
signature single · NZ South Island Championship 2024
1,083
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Skewb2.203.69
top 1.9%24 / 666
Pyraminx3.264.45
top 4.5%79 / 1,141
2×22.093.22
top 5.4%124 / 1,615
3×39.8013.32
top 6.9%156 / 2,095
Clock7.088.94
top 11.2%54 / 303
4×448.0755.14
top 22.2%159 / 722
3×3 blindfolded1:27.77—
top 22.2%31 / 86
Square-117.7829.86
top 22.8%68 / 251
3×3 one-handed21.4126.33
top 24.3%139 / 600
Megaminx1:32.161:50.42
top 29.6%107 / 283
5×51:44.651:57.11
top 38.9%133 / 355
6×63:33.923:57.77
top 56.3%96 / 149
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 41:34—
early days — 3 solves29 / 49
7×75:45.536:39.47
top 64.1%92 / 126

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

Ōtepoti Winter 2023: 6.80Southern Solves Invercargill 2024: 3.98NZ South Island Championship 2024: 3.66Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2024: 3.26Waihōpai Winter 2024: 3.21New Zealand Nationals 2024: 2.95Solving in the South Invercargill 2025: 2.46NZ South Island Championship 2025: 2.09Waihopai Winter 2025: 2.65Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2025: 2.90New Zealand Nationals 2025: 2.47Invercargill Summer 2026: 2.65NZ South Island Championship 2026: 2.53GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 2.97Waihopai Winter 2026: 3.092.096.8012 Aug 202322 Aug 2026

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.