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Gabriel Shiu

3×3 · top 23.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013SHIU01

Gabriel Shiu has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.66, set at Lexington Fall 2014, puts him in the top 23.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,601st in the United States. Across 9 competitions since November 2013, he has put 145 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.69 in November 2013 to 14.66, a 52% improvement. Gabriel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.66
signature single · Lexington Fall 2014
145
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.6619.96
top 23.3%12,601 / 59,724
2×24.906.35
top 38.1%15,246 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.2412.40
top 38.2%10,923 / 28,708
4×41:07.731:16.08
top 44.6%7,397 / 19,072
5×53:13.433:34.68
top 82.3%7,530 / 9,401

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

Lexington Fall 2013: 30.69Lexington Spring 2014: 17.59Harvard Fall 2014: 20.61Lexington Fall 2014: 14.66MIT Fall 2014: 20.95Lexington Spring 2015: 18.28MIT Spring 2015: 21.74Lexington Fall 2015: 18.32Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 19.2214.6630.6923 Nov 20137 Jan 2018

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.

  • Tim Reynolds — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
  • JP Bulman — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Tim Wong — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.66 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.