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Gavin R. Zook

3×3 · top 33.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ZOOK01

Gavin R. Zook has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.68, set at No Place For DNF Fall 2019, puts him in the top 33.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,384th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since July 2018, he has put 39 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.34 in July 2018 to 17.68, a 35% improvement. Gavin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.68
signature single · No Place For DNF Fall 2019
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.6819.73
top 33.1%18,384 / 59,724
2×26.597.77
top 56.9%23,255 / 40,951
Skewb14.9017.31
top 78.0%14,881 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:02.00
early days — 3 solves12,781 / 15,683
4×42:26.75
early days — 1 solve17,387 / 19,072

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

First State 2018: 27.34Pennsylvania 2018: 20.93Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 24.43No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 17.6817.6827.3414 Jul 20189 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Chris Chi — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Henry Hammer — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • AJ Kamal — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.