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Gage Coon

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019COON04

Gage Coon has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at QuabbiNxN Fall 2024, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,366th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2019, he has put 344 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.48 in November 2019 to 8.73, a 24% improvement. Gage has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.73
signature single · QuabbiNxN Fall 2024
344
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.739.66
top 4.2%2,366 / 59,724
4×433.8440.48
top 5.7%869 / 19,072
2×22.273.98
top 6.8%2,687 / 40,951
7×72:50.922:56.98
top 8.2%222 / 3,184
5×51:07.231:12.78
top 9.8%765 / 9,401
6×61:58.362:07.21
top 10.4%371 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed17.3122.53
top 13.4%1,724 / 15,683
Megaminx1:23.541:29.58
top 24.1%1,664 / 7,841
Skewb7.479.26
top 37.2%6,363 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded2:32.80
early days — 2 solves941 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 10 cubes · 43:05
early days — 3 solves352 / 731
Pyraminx9.2211.04
top 46.7%13,453 / 28,708
Square-138.0544.79
top 62.8%4,148 / 6,743
Clock29.08
early days — 2 solves7,391 / 8,927

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

Music City Speedsolving 2019: 11.48Mississippi Capstone 2019: 10.27Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020: 10.62Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 10.65Wakefield MA Summer 2024: 10.93Lexington Weeknights II 2024: 10.84Lexington Weeknights IV 2024: 10.00QuabbiNxN Fall 2024: 8.73Quick in Quincy 2024: 10.37The Battle of Concord MA 2026: 11.328.7311.481 Nov 20198 Feb 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.

  • Ryan Durette — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
  • Derek White — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 8 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.