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Gideon James Severson

3×3 · top 44.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017SEVE01

Gideon James Severson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.56, set at Southeast Texas Winter 2019, puts him in the top 44.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,468th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2017, he has put 49 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.89 in January 2017 to 21.56, a 53% improvement. Gideon has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.2% of 284,439 all-time
21.56
signature single · Southeast Texas Winter 2019
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.5624.17
top 44.2%25,468 / 59,724
Skewb8.7213.38
top 46.5%8,232 / 18,907
2×26.658.97
top 57.4%23,511 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed46.291:01.52
top 73.0%10,563 / 15,683
4×42:23.20
early days — 1 solve17,172 / 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

South East Texas Open 2017: 45.89Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 31.76Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 26.96South East Texas Open 2018: 23.52Southeast Texas Winter 2019: 21.5621.5645.897 Jan 20174 Jan 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.