People · United States
Gavin Jax Helbley
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HELB01
Gavin Jax Helbley has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Algorithms on Abercorn 2023, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,172nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 198 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.89 in March 2023 to 8.53, a 28% improvement. Gavin 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 | 8.53 | 10.33 | top 3.8% | 2,172 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.76 | 21.09 | top 17.2% | 2,249 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 4.42 | top 19.8% | 7,853 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 51.23 | 1:00.27 | top 26.3% | 4,104 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.33 | 10.21 | top 39.1% | 11,346 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.34 | 1:58.93 | top 39.5% | 3,223 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 19.19 | 21.52 | top 62.4% | 5,425 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 12.37 | 18.41 | top 67.9% | 12,890 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 4:08.83 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,718 / 4,262 |
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
- 2 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024.
- 19 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Algorithms on Abercorn 2023.
- 9 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023.
- 9 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023.
- 25 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Concord Summer 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023First competition: Kendeda Kubing B 2023. A 11.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Algorithms on Abercorn 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- AlphaCubing B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kendeda Kubing B 2023 · 19 Mar 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dalton Padgett — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Daniel Mullen — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.