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Gael Saldana

3×3 · top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SALD04

Gael Saldana has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.12, set at Newport Fall 2016, puts him in the top 31.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,311th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2016, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.43 in August 2016 to 17.12, a 16% improvement. Gael has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.12
signature single · Newport Fall 2016
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.1218.85
top 31.4%17,311 / 59,724
2×26.809.09
top 58.7%24,074 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed47.7552.92
top 74.6%10,813 / 15,683

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

Nisei Week 2016: 20.43Newport Fall 2016: 17.1217.1220.4320 Aug 20168 Oct 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.12 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.