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Gabriel Aldaz

3×3 · top 36.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009ALDA01

Gabriel Aldaz has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.69, set at San Diego Open 2010, puts him in the top 36.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,319th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2009, he has put 46 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.11 in January 2009 to 18.69, a 62% improvement. Gabriel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.2% of 284,439 all-time
18.69
signature single · San Diego Open 2010
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.6922.94
top 36.2%20,319 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed46.4751.57
top 73.2%10,586 / 15,683
Square-11:03.532:38.92
top 85.8%5,769 / 6,743
Pyraminx17.4533.11
top 88.8%26,092 / 28,708
4×42:27.61
early days — 2 solves17,442 / 19,072

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

San Francisco Open 2009: 49.11Caltech Winter 2010: 22.33San Diego Open 2010: 18.6918.6949.1118 Jan 200929 May 2010

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.69 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 6.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.