People · United States
Gary Song
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015SONG09
Gary Song has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Nisei Week 2018, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,277th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2015, he has put 152 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.23 in October 2015 to 8.64, a 61% improvement. Gary 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 | 8.64 | 10.65 | top 4.0% | 2,277 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.00 | 24.76 | top 10.2% | 1,355 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.23 | top 13.3% | 5,240 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 48.45 | 57.04 | top 22.7% | 3,441 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 21.75 | 37.62 | top 31.9% | 2,065 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 7.38 | 8.46 | top 36.6% | 6,238 / 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
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Newport Fall 2017.
- 7 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Newport Fall 2017.
- 27 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 11.79 at Cerritos Open 2017.
- 27 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.79 at Cerritos Open 2017.
- 11 Oct 2015First competition: Irvine Fall 2015. A 22.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- TF3I San Diego 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 2015
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.
- Margot Audero — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Michael Young — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sean Saito — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.