People · South Africa
Gary Gao
3×3 · top 57.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024GAOG01
Gary Gao has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.18, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025, puts him in the top 57.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 928th in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since August 2024, he has put 35 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.85 in August 2024 to 27.18, a 52% improvement. Gary has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 27.18 | 33.53 | top 57.2% | 928 / 2,164 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.93 at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024. A 56.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Phetolo Mashamaite — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pieter Cornelius Horne — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.