People · United States
Gideon Banfield
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024BANF01
Gideon Banfield has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Bowling Green Fall 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,335th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2024, he has put 374 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.85 in June 2024 to 9.42, a 21% improvement. Gideon has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.42 | 10.41 | top 5.9% | 3,335 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 7.45 | top 7.1% | 1,824 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 4.18 | top 11.5% | 4,596 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 7.80 | 8.97 | top 14.1% | 1,107 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 6.26 | 9.36 | top 27.9% | 4,609 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.21 | 27.02 | top 32.2% | 4,244 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.20 | 1:59.14 | top 42.8% | 3,193 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.34 | 1:25.14 | top 46.3% | 7,809 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 30.63 | 42.55 | top 50.6% | 3,359 / 6,846 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Bowling Green Fall 2026.
- 3 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bowling Green Fall 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Bowling Green Spring 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Imagination Station A 2026.
- 12 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Preble Spring 2025.
- 16 Jun 2024First competition: Gem City Donut DNF 2024. A 11.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Algorithms in Archbold 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bowling Green Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Imagination Station A 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bowling Green Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Imagination Station B 2025 · 5 Jan 2025
- Gem City Donut DNF 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 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.
- Braden Richards — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emery McFeeter — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.