People · Sweden
Mark Gaines
3×3 · top 26.9% of 288,433 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 26.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 696th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.71 | 18.34 | top 26.9% | 696 / 2,948 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.05 | 57.55 | top 69.4% | 545 / 870 | |
| 4×4 | 2:18.68 | 2:43.80 | top 88.8% | 938 / 1,123 | |
| Megaminx | 4:23.61 | 4:32.21 | early days — 3 solves | 517 / 569 | |
| 5×5 | 4:23.36 | 4:42.50 | top 94.2% | 505 / 567 | |
| Square-1 | 1:27.19 | 1:50.09 | early days — 3 solves | 396 / 430 |
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
- 25 Aug 2007First sub-20 3×3: 16.66 at Swedish Open 2007.
- 10 Sep 2005First competition: Swedish Open 2005. A 21.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2009 · 5 Dec 2009
- Swedish Open 2009 · 5 Sep 2009
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2008 · 6 Dec 2008
- Swedish Open 2008 · 6 Sep 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2007 · 15 Dec 2007
- Swedish Open 2007 · 25 Aug 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Open 2005 · 10 Sep 2005 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Gunnar Krig — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kåre Krig — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Daniel Lundwall — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,747 people have one; it is 3.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.