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Mark Gaines

3×3 · top 26.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005GAIN01

Mark Gaines has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.71, set at Swedish Open 2008, puts him in the top 26.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 691st in Sweden. Across 7 competitions since September 2005, he has put 86 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.16 in September 2005 to 15.71, a 22% improvement. Mark has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.8% of 284,439 all-time
15.71
signature single · Swedish Open 2008
86
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×315.7118.34
top 26.8%691 / 2,925
3×3 one-handed43.0557.55
top 69.4%543 / 868
4×42:18.682:43.80
top 88.7%935 / 1,120
Megaminx4:23.614:32.21
early days — 3 solves513 / 564
5×54:23.364:42.50
top 94.2%502 / 562
Square-11:27.191:50.09
early days — 3 solves393 / 427

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

Swedish Open 2005: 20.16Swedish Open 2007: 16.66Swedish Cube Day competition 2007: 19.55Swedish Open 2008: 15.71Swedish Cube Day competition 2008: 18.61Swedish Open 2009: 17.03Swedish Cube Day competition 2009: 18.9115.7120.1610 Sep 20055 Dec 2009

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 3.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.