People · Hungary
Gábor Szabó
Clock · top 9.9% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2005 · 2005SZAB02
Gábor Szabó has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Romanian Open 2010, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Hungary. Until June 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since November 2005, he has put 456 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.31 in November 2005 to 19.13, a 39% improvement. He has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hungary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.71 | 9.39 | top 9.9% | 11 / 185 | |
| 3×3 | 19.13 | 22.09 | top 37.5% | 533 / 1,226 | |
| 2×2 | 6.11 | 8.02 | top 52.0% | 535 / 919 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.53 | 47.46 | top 63.2% | 285 / 445 | |
| 4×4 | 2:06.56 | — | top 84.5% | 445 / 509 | |
| Megaminx | 4:44.50 | 5:39.96 | early days — 3 solves | 186 / 190 |
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
- 19 Sep 2008First sub-20 3×3: 19.68 at European Championship 2008.
- 19 Sep 2008Six personal bests in one day at European Championship 2008.
- 15 Mar 2008Four personal bests in one day at French Open 2008.
- 24 Feb 2007First sub-30 3×3: 27.43 at Belgian Open 2007.
- 19 Nov 2005First competition: Hungarian Championship 2005. A 31.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wiener Frühling 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Hungarian Open 2018 · 28 Sep 2018
- Hungarian Nationals 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- VI QB'er 2017 · 4 Feb 2017
- Tårnby Cube Træf 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Hungarian Open 2016 · 28 Oct 2016
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Hungarian Nationals 2016 · 16 Apr 2016
- Italian Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Slovakian Open 2015 · 14 Aug 2015
- Hungarian Nationals 2015 · 2 May 2015
- PoliMi Italian Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014
- Hungarian Open 2013 · 30 Nov 2013
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 · 12 Oct 2012
- Croatian Rubik Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011
- Romanian Open 2011 · 21 May 2011
- Milan Cube Open 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010 · 1 Oct 2010
- Hungarian Open 2010 · 3 Sep 2010
- Romanian Open 2010 · 3 Jul 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Slovenian Open 2010 · 24 Apr 2010
- Hungarian Open 2009 · 16 Oct 2009
- Czech Open 2009 · 17 Jul 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Mammut Open 2009 · 17 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2009 · 25 Apr 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Galanta Open 2009 · 31 Jan 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2008 · 25 Oct 2008 — 1 personal best set
- European Championship 2008 · 19 Sep 2008 — 6 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2008 · 23 Aug 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Pabianice Open 2008 · 10 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
- French Open 2008 · 15 Mar 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Belgian Open 2008 · 2 Feb 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2007 · 15 Dec 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Open 2007 · 10 Nov 2007
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Open 2007 · 24 Feb 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Czech Open 2006 · 23 Jul 2006 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2006 · 21 Apr 2006
- Hungarian Championship 2005 · 19 Nov 2005 — 1 personal best 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.
- Olivér Perge — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Milán Baticz — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Bence Barát — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.