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Justin Gou

3×3 · top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015GOUJ01

Justin Gou has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at Slow N Steady Summer 2019, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 475th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2015, he has put 1,460 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.60 in November 2015 to 6.35, a 73% improvement. Justin has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time
6.35
signature single · Slow N Steady Summer 2019
1,460
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.359.02
top 0.72%475 / 59,724
4×428.2932.01
top 1.9%318 / 19,072
Square-18.5111.02
top 3.7%278 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed12.6116.04
top 3.8%562 / 15,683
2×22.123.13
top 5.6%2,232 / 40,951
Skewb3.354.72
top 6.9%1,060 / 18,907
Megaminx58.171:03.89
top 9.0%624 / 7,841
5×51:08.801:15.32
top 10.8%839 / 9,401
Pyraminx5.257.04
top 14.8%3,869 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.33
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
Clock9.2311.87
top 21.2%1,634 / 8,927
6×62:32.772:45.73
top 27.0%949 / 4,196
7×73:49.584:05.46
top 27.1%759 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:42.24—
top 27.4%569 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 15:14—
early days — 2 solves608 / 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

Virginia Open Fall 2015: 23.60Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 12.72Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 11.12TJHSST Fall 2016: 10.39Rockville Winter 2017: 9.88Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 10.18EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 10.10Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 8.72Severna Park Summer 2017: 8.15Rally In The Valley 2017: 8.67Maryland 2017: 8.89TJHSST Fall 2017: 8.32Severna Park Showdown 2017: 8.79Northern Neck Winter 2018: 8.16Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 8.35River Hill Spring 2018: 9.41Tea Time Spring 2018: 8.23Rally In The Valley 2018: 8.68Maryland 2018: 8.32Pennsylvania 2018: 8.21Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 8.06TJHSST Fall 2018: 7.89Northern Neck Winter 2019: 9.47CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 8.40Virginia Qualifier 2019: 8.84Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 7.85Rally in the Valley 2019: 7.76CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.13Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 6.35Gobbler Cube Day Fall 2019: 7.77TJHSST Fall 2019: 8.21Northern Neck Winter 2020: 7.686.3523.6014 Nov 20154 Jan 2020

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.

  • Will Callan — met in 286 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
  • Ray Bai — met in 260 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
  • Tommy Szeliga — met in 259 rounds, finished ahead 142 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.