People · Tunisia
Helmi Gaaloul
3×3 · top 68.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014GAAL01
Helmi Gaaloul has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.47, set at Tunisia Winter Open 2015, puts him in the top 68.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Tunisia. Across 15 competitions since December 2014, he has put 226 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.73 in December 2014 to 33.47, a 35% improvement. Helmi has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Tunisia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 33.47 | 44.88 | top 68.3% | 60 / 245 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.42 | 20.22 | top 83.3% | 76 / 132 | |
| 2×2 | 12.11 | 18.58 | top 84.7% | 66 / 154 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:28.32 | — | top 94.5% | 35 / 50 | |
| 4×4 | 3:09.47 | — | top 97.2% | 33 / 47 | |
| 5×5 | 7:23.48 | — | early days — 3 solves | 22 / 25 |
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
- 23 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Tunisia Winter Open 2015.
- 25 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Tunisia Summer Open 2015.
- 17 Mar 2015Three personal bests in one day at Tunisia Spring Open 2015.
- 22 Dec 2014First competition: Tunisia Open 2014. A 51.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tunisia Khomsa Summer Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Monastir Spring Open 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Monastir Winter Open 2018 · 23 Dec 2018
- Tunisia Autumn Open 2018 · 15 Oct 2018
- Tunisia Winter Open 2018 · 20 Mar 2018
- Tunisia Winter Open Day 2017 · 20 Dec 2017
- Tunisia Autumn Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Chachya Open 2017 · 29 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tunisia Winter Open 2017 · 11 Jan 2017
- Tunisia Summer Open 2016 · 8 Jul 2016
- Tunisia Spring Open 2016 · 15 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tunisia Winter Open 2015 · 23 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Tunisia Summer Open 2015 · 25 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Tunisia Spring Open 2015 · 17 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Tunisia Open 2014 · 22 Dec 2014
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.
- Moez Boussarsar — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nidhal Amamou — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Mahmoud Ibrahim — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.47 away.
- A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.