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Gabriel Michael Caruso
Pyraminx · top 4.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024CARU05
Gabriel Michael Caruso has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.35, set at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,281st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2024, he has put 164 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.43 in November 2024 to 15.12, a 55% improvement. Gabriel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 12.03 | top 4.9% | 1,281 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 6.96 | top 17.3% | 6,774 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 15.12 | 21.36 | top 24.9% | 13,506 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.60 | 14.36 | top 52.4% | 9,451 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.91 | 40.36 | top 57.1% | 7,954 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,687 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:52.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,343 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 29.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,442 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,930 / 6,743 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 19.33 at Hillsboro Winter 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.33 at Hillsboro Winter 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024First competition: Couve Cubing Fall 2024. A 33.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026
- McMinnville Favorites 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UO Valentine's Day 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UO Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Couve Cubing Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 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.
- Clancy Caster — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ezra Fish — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.