People · New Zealand
Gabriel Brown
Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021BROW04
Gabriel Brown has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at NZ North Island Championship 2022, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2021, he has put 157 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.65 in February 2022 to 3.45, a 39% improvement. Gabriel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.45 | 6.92 | top 5.3% | 90 / 1,141 | |
| Skewb | 5.34 | 7.75 | top 20.8% | 168 / 666 | |
| 3×3 | 16.72 | 21.66 | top 30.1% | 617 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 5.75 | top 30.5% | 540 / 1,615 | |
| Clock | 17.11 | 19.36 | top 55.8% | 191 / 303 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.45 | — | top 64.3% | 198 / 283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.67 | 1:41.86 | top 68.4% | 483 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.72 | 56.30 | top 70.2% | 401 / 600 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.05 at Palmerston North 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022Three personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2022.
- 15 May 2021First competition: Palmerston North 2021. A 28.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2021 · 15 May 2021
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.
- Jack Maddigan — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Terence Brown — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.