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Gavin Alan Gallagher
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023GALL04
Gavin Alan Gallagher has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at SacCubing XIX 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,678th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2023, he has put 73 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.64 in February 2023 to 9.73, a 55% improvement. Gavin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.73 | 12.89 | top 6.7% | 3,678 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 8.53 | top 31.2% | 8,709 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 59.46 | 1:05.44 | top 35.9% | 5,785 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.82 | 34.94 | top 36.4% | 4,808 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.19 | 6.47 | top 41.7% | 16,742 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,790 / 9,401 |
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
- 19 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 9.73 at SacCubing XIX 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at SacCubing XIX 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at SacCubing XIX 2025.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.25 at SacCubing XVI 2024.
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023. A 21.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXII 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVI 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
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.
- Mason Wong — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Paul Mahvi — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.