People · United States
Isaac Gaston
2×2 · top 6.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023GAST02
Isaac Gaston has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,739th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 61 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.46 in July 2023 to 10.21, a 61% improvement. Isaac has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 6.24 | top 6.8% | 2,739 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.21 | 12.24 | top 8.1% | 4,531 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.87 | 1:08.73 | top 38.6% | 6,327 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.59 | 2:09.56 | top 48.5% | 4,117 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 16.28 | 22.94 | top 52.9% | 4,475 / 9,172 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.01 at GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.55 at Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024.
- 9 Jul 2023First competition: Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023. A 26.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in School Westminster 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023 · 9 Jul 2023
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.
- Clay Moore — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Todd Goodwin — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Katie Hull — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.