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John Gaynor

Pyraminx · top 0.05% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017GAYN01

John Gaynor has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.04, set at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019, puts him in the top 0.05% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in the United States. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since February 2017, he has put 1,124 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.97 in February 2017 to 7.49, a 64% improvement. John has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.05% of 129,321 all-time
1.04
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019
1,124
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.042.11
top 0.05%19 / 28,708
3×37.499.38
top 2.0%1,166 / 59,724
Megaminx43.8649.79
top 2.7%196 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed14.0419.56
top 6.2%854 / 15,683
4×434.4341.14
top 6.2%958 / 19,072
2×22.223.42
top 6.4%2,535 / 40,951
5×51:13.821:27.40
top 14.4%1,106 / 9,401
Skewb5.227.08
top 19.9%3,155 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded1:41.232:00.42
top 27.0%563 / 2,092
7×73:57.704:03.18
top 29.7%831 / 3,184
6×62:47.363:12.60
early days — 3 solves1,248 / 4,196
Square-124.2830.85
top 37.4%2,433 / 6,743
Clock12.9714.75
top 39.5%3,137 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves46.00
top 48.3%1,031 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 26:55—
early days — 1 solve658 / 731

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

Mishawaka Winter 2017: 20.97CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 14.47Michigan 2017: 13.72Wildcat Holiday 2017: 12.90Husky Showdown 2018: 10.85Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 10.83CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 11.17Coach Pigeon 2018: 8.28CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.86Flag City Fall 2018: 9.98Indianapolis Fall 2018: 9.28Cubing For Kyle 2019: 9.02Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 8.44CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 9.67Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 9.77West Branch Summer 2019: 8.303rd Coast Cubing 2019: 8.83CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.74Indiana 2019: 8.52Mishawaka Summer 2019: 9.97Lake Country Fall 2019: 9.03Flag City Fall 2019: 8.37Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 9.34No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 8.82Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 8.81Stowhio Open 2021: 7.49Gem City 2022: 8.23Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022: 8.60Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 8.737.4920.9718 Feb 20173 Nov 2024

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.