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Gary Bethers

3×3 · top 77.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008BETH01

Gary Bethers has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 40.40, set at Utah Open 2009, puts him in the top 77.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47,217th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2008, he has put 23 official solves on the record across four events. Gary has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 77.3% of 284,439 all-time
40.40
signature single · Utah Open 2009
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×340.4044.35
top 77.3%47,217 / 59,724
2×213.5224.49
top 88.0%36,553 / 40,951
5×55:19.15
early days — 2 solves9,255 / 9,401
4×43:17.91
early days — 3 solves18,758 / 19,072

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

Utah Open 2008: 41.69Utah Open 2009: 40.4040.4041.6917 May 200811 Apr 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 17 May 2008First competition: Utah Open 2008. A 41.69 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.