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Gabriel Gardiner
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024GARD13
Gabriel Gardiner has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 802nd in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, he has put 79 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.19 in October 2024 to 10.52, a 58% improvement. Gabriel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 13.92 | top 9.0% | 802 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.89 | 5.50 | top 25.1% | 1,941 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.84 | 9.63 | top 26.5% | 1,359 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.05 | — | top 42.9% | 1,142 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 9.43 | 13.44 | top 51.3% | 1,656 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.67 | 56.55 | top 70.1% | 1,669 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:43.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,013 / 1,356 |
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
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 12.41 at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025.
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.41 at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025.
- 6 Oct 2024First competition: Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024. A 25.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024
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.
- Peter Au — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Cameron — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Swami Srinivasan — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.