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Gage Krieg
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016KRIE01
Gage Krieg has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.05, set at Wyominx 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,846th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2016, he has put 312 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.63 in May 2016 to 9.05, a 62% improvement. Gage has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.05 | 11.01 | top 5.0% | 2,846 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.95 | 5.71 | top 7.4% | 1,934 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 3.63 | top 14.1% | 5,608 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 44.27 | 48.03 | top 17.4% | 2,680 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.41 | 29.29 | top 27.2% | 3,555 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 25.97 | 35.86 | top 41.5% | 2,724 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.36 | 2:20.89 | top 42.9% | 3,557 / 9,537 |
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
- 8 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Oredigger Open CO 2026.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020.
- 26 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.77 at Wake Up Late 2017.
- 26 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Wake Up Late 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at Dallas Winter Variation 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.73 at Oklahoma Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Colorado 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Wyominx 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pi Day Cubing CO 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oredigger Open CO 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ogunquit Winter 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Spring Forward 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wake Up Late 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dallas Winter Variation 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016 · 1 May 2016
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.
- Pranav Veera — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Mahith Bandi — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Patrick Fischer — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.