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Joseph La Gamba
Pyraminx · top 4.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022GAMB01
Joseph La Gamba has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 204th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 129 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.71 in April 2022 to 3.27, a 62% improvement. Joseph has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.27 | 4.49 | top 4.6% | 204 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 11.55 | 14.39 | top 12.3% | 1,089 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 4.80 | 7.29 | top 16.7% | 431 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 21.60 | 35.97 | top 31.6% | 309 / 899 | |
| 2×2 | 4.82 | 5.90 | top 37.0% | 2,917 / 8,567 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 492 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.66 | 1:14.20 | top 43.6% | 1,168 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.61 | 34.95 | top 50.3% | 1,169 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 774 / 1,356 | |
| 6×6 | 4:08.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 416 / 641 | |
| Clock | 26.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 873 / 1,095 | |
| 7×7 | 7:47.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 431 / 523 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.82 at Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.05 at Wonderful Williamstown 2022.
- 21 Jan 2022First competition: Melbourne Summer 2022. A 20.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Putian Ye (叶溥天) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.