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Gates Golson
Pyraminx · top 23.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024GOLS03
Gates Golson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.48, set at GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026, puts him in the top 23.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,533rd in the United States. Across 12 competitions since May 2024, he has put 130 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.48 in May 2024 to 17.15, a 67% improvement. Gates has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 10.81 | top 23.7% | 6,533 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 17.15 | 23.48 | top 31.6% | 17,684 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.99 | 7.93 | top 39.3% | 16,016 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 22.45 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,330 / 9,172 |
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 Aug 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.15 at Scenic City Summer TN 2026.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.76 at Coosa Cubing Clash 2024.
- 11 May 2024First competition: Alabama Championship 2024. A 51.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alabama Championship 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Scenic City Summer TN 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Marietta Monday Mini III 2026 · 6 Apr 2026
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Fort Payne Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- T-Town Showdown AL 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 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.
- Gabriel Golson — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Katie Hull — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jared Stinson — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.