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Gabriel Tan

3×3 · top 0.48% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018TANG33

Gabriel Tan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.00, set at IUKL SOR 2023, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Singapore. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2018, he has put 809 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.47 in October 2018 to 6.00, a 61% improvement. Gabriel has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.48% of 284,439 all-time
6.00
signature single · IUKL SOR 2023
809
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSingapore
3×36.007.82
top 0.48%16 / 1,546
2×21.152.51
top 0.9%18 / 1,053
4×425.8432.96
top 0.95%15 / 462
Pyraminx3.194.50
top 4.3%51 / 645
5×51:03.801:09.56
top 7.7%37 / 251
Skewb3.805.45
top 9.6%47 / 353
3×3 one-handed16.5521.27
top 11.5%80 / 460
6×62:21.672:30.04
top 21.3%44 / 125
Square-119.1223.75
top 25.9%62 / 132
7×73:54.494:05.93
top 28.6%50 / 96
Megaminx1:35.911:56.93
top 32.0%92 / 195
Clock24.88—
early days — 1 solve154 / 178

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

GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018: 15.47Sharjah Open 2019: 11.29City Centre Sharjah Open 2019: 10.48Johor Cube Open 2022: 8.74YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 7.55Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 8.28Singapore Championship 2023: 8.72UoSM Cube Day 2023: 8.08UTM Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.36Singapore AMK CC Cubing A 2023: 7.81Singapore Mini 2023: 7.11IUKL SOR 2023: 6.00Singapore Mini 2024: 7.76Kuwaiti Nationals 2024: 6.76DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025: 7.73Dubai American Academy Open 2025: 6.90DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026: 6.816.0015.4727 Oct 201831 Jan 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.