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Knox Gardinier
2×2 · top 10.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024GARD03
Knox Gardinier has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.67, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,180th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since January 2024, he has put 223 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.00 in January 2024 to 12.76, a 47% improvement. Knox has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.67 | 4.79 | top 10.6% | 4,180 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.76 | 14.73 | top 16.6% | 8,887 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.28 | 8.89 | top 22.1% | 5,928 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.52 | 9.21 | top 22.1% | 3,522 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.94 | 2:44.36 | top 49.8% | 4,177 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.23 | 1:20.39 | top 50.0% | 8,413 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.04 | 1:02.99 | top 70.5% | 10,136 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 4:20.93 | 5:37.94 | top 72.1% | 2,850 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 54.74 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,338 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 3:27.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,588 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 9:53.35 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,138 / 3,184 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.08 at San Diego Big Cub 2024.
- 11 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.72 at Triton Tricubealon 2024.
- 11 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Triton Tricubealon 2024.
- 7 Jan 2024First competition: UCSD Winter 2024. A 24.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD May A 2025 · 11 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Big Cub 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024
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.
- Alex Lehman — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anders Arnsten — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.