People · Australia
George Gross
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022GROS01
George Gross has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 334th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2022, he has put 556 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.02 in January 2022 to 8.38, a 67% improvement. George has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.38 | 11.56 | top 3.5% | 334 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.25 | top 7.4% | 554 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 7.51 | top 10.6% | 486 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.13 | 23.84 | top 18.2% | 401 / 2,659 | |
| Clock | 8.87 | 11.74 | top 19.3% | 217 / 1,095 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 10.69 | top 25.6% | 683 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 54.64 | 1:12.46 | top 30.3% | 796 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.94 | — | top 50.4% | 683 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.61 | — | top 86.9% | 809 / 899 | |
| 6×6 | 6:11.00 | 6:22.33 | early days — 3 solves | 592 / 641 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2026.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at TAS Side State Championship 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2025.
- 27 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at North Tasmania Spring 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2024.
- 8 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 12.56 at Tassie Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Tassie Summer 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- TAS Side State Championship 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- TAS State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Summer 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- North Tasmania Spring 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hobart Winter 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Try Cubing Hobart 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Try Cubing Burnie 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
- Tassie Summer 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Launceston Autumn 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Summer 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tassie Twist Off 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tasmanian Open 2022 · 25 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jode Brewster — met in 121 rounds, never finished ahead
- Veer Liu Dogra — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Arisandra Soo — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.