People · United States
Gaetan Almela
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ALME04
Gaetan Almela has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at Slow N Steady Winter 2020, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,982nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 148 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in April 2017 to 9.92, a 37% improvement. Gaetan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 11.39 | top 7.2% | 3,982 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.55 | 21.29 | top 16.5% | 2,149 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 6.05 | top 18.1% | 7,108 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 51.76 | 57.56 | top 26.9% | 4,135 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.26 | 2:05.51 | top 42.1% | 3,416 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 14.13 | 19.76 | top 75.2% | 14,247 / 18,907 |
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
- 23 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Slow N Steady Winter 2020.
- 23 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Winter 2020.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2019.
- 28 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.76 at Sunny Showdown 2018.
- 15 Apr 2017First competition: Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017. A 15.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sunny Showdown 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017 · 15 Apr 2017
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.
- Stone Payne — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Adam Gradess — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Will Callan — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.