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Gael Arias

2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018ARIA04

Gael Arias has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at La Paz Cube Day 2019, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 224th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2018, he has put 150 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.77 in February 2018 to 13.01, a 47% improvement. Gael has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.42
signature single · La Paz Cube Day 2019
150
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
2×22.425.37
top 8.1%224 / 2,419
3×313.0117.34
top 17.5%796 / 4,344
Pyraminx6.659.19
top 25.0%385 / 1,366
4×456.061:05.23
top 32.0%416 / 844
Megaminx1:37.361:52.14
top 32.9%229 / 372
3×3 one-handed30.6837.72
top 48.2%540 / 812

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

Colegio Newton Yura 2018: 24.77Glorioso San Carlos 2018: 16.81TCG Deluxe 2019: 17.00Glorioso San Carlos 2019: 13.01La Paz Cube Day 2019: 15.1613.0124.7711 Feb 201814 Apr 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.