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Gordon Elder

3×3 · top 75.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012ELDE01

Gordon Elder has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 38.74, set at Antelope Valley Fall 2014, puts him in the top 75.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45,948th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2012, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:17.33 in June 2012 to 38.74, a 50% improvement. Gordon has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 75.4% of 284,439 all-time
38.74
signature single · Antelope Valley Fall 2014
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×338.7443.90
top 75.4%45,948 / 59,724
2×212.0620.68
top 84.5%35,098 / 40,951

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

Antelope Valley Summer 2012: 1:17.33Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 44.58Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 38.7438.741:17.3316 Jun 20124 Oct 2014

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 8.74 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.