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Gabriel Martinez

2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023MART63

Gabriel Martinez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 196th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 114 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.06 in May 2023 to 2.54, a 75% improvement. Gabriel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023
114
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×22.546.21
top 9.3%196 / 1,615
3×323.3228.43
top 48.7%1,022 / 2,095
Skewb10.4515.62
top 57.7%411 / 666
Pyraminx10.8714.72
top 59.6%751 / 1,141

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

Auckland Autumn 2023: 10.06Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 2.54NZ North Island Championship 2023: 6.47A New Year in Auckland 2024: 5.27New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 5.85Springing into Auckland 2024: 3.97Max Speed Milford 2024: 5.332.5410.0613 May 202330 Nov 2024

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.