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Gus Lipkin

3×3 · top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013LIPK01

Gus Lipkin has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.72, set at Florida 2019, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,755th in the United States. Across 23 competitions since October 2013, he has put 493 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.47 in October 2013 to 13.72, a 30% improvement. Gus has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.72
signature single · Florida 2019
493
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.7215.46
top 20.0%10,755 / 59,724
2×23.606.22
top 21.4%8,387 / 40,951
4×447.6151.30
top 21.6%3,280 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves48.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
5×51:38.091:45.62
top 33.9%2,698 / 9,401
Megaminx1:45.071:51.12
top 37.6%2,707 / 7,841
6×62:58.343:07.24
top 40.3%1,468 / 4,196
7×74:34.895:00.81
top 42.8%1,229 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed29.7731.53
top 46.1%6,267 / 15,683
Skewb10.6216.85
top 58.7%10,748 / 18,907
Pyraminx12.1916.61
top 68.4%20,226 / 28,708

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

Harvard Fall 2013: 19.47Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 17.02Quabbin Spring 2017: 17.43Lexington Summer 2017: 15.11Sharon Summer 2017: 18.19WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 15.76Weston Fall 2017: 14.93Cubing with the Viking 2017: 18.61Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 15.29New York City Winter 2018: 16.56BA Cube Fest 2018: 16.74WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 14.84Midcoast Cubing 2018: 14.50BU Spring 2018: 14.74Florida 2019: 13.72Florida Returns 2021: 16.68Northampton Newcomers C 2024: 15.36Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024: 15.74Utah Ice Cubing 2025: 14.60Utah Newcomers 2025: 16.0613.7219.475 Oct 201322 Mar 2025

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.

  • Alex Cohen — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Derek White — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Will Russo — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.