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Gavin Gurfinkel
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017GURF01
Gavin Gurfinkel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Hillsboro Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,678th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2017, he has put 161 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.76 in August 2017 to 8.97, a 76% improvement. Gavin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.97 | 11.66 | top 4.8% | 2,678 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 44.02 | 46.55 | top 17.1% | 2,594 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.15 | 1:27.74 | top 20.0% | 1,565 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 4.70 | top 25.2% | 9,893 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.86 | 12.41 | top 35.0% | 9,907 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.99 | 12.03 | top 48.3% | 8,600 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 47.31 | 1:04.68 | top 73.5% | 4,840 / 6,743 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.97 at Hillsboro Newcomers 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hillsboro Newcomers 2025.
- 2 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oregon State Favorites 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Eugene Spring 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Oregon State 2018.
- 14 Oct 2017First sub-30 3×3: 17.96 at Eugene Fall 2017.
Competitions
- Hillsboro Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon State Favorites 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Oregon State 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Eugene Fall 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Northwest Championships 2017 · 11 Aug 2017
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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tripp Peters — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dylan Raymond — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.