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Paul Galioto

2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018GALI12

Paul Galioto has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Canadian Championship 2019, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,927th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since November 2018, he has put 588 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.40 in December 2018 to 13.44, a 54% improvement. Paul has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.01
signature single · Canadian Championship 2019
588
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.014.53
top 4.8%1,927 / 40,951
Clock7.568.80
top 13.2%1,004 / 8,927
Pyraminx5.127.13
top 13.9%3,642 / 28,708
3×313.4414.97
top 19.0%10,213 / 59,724
Skewb5.318.16
top 20.6%3,283 / 18,907
Square-117.0620.77
top 21.1%1,411 / 6,743
4×455.911:00.03
top 31.8%5,049 / 19,072
5×52:04.822:11.76
top 52.3%4,400 / 9,401
6×63:59.45—
early days — 2 solves2,527 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed40.6750.76
top 66.2%9,409 / 15,683
7×76:12.86—
early days — 1 solve2,168 / 3,184
Megaminx3:39.63—
early days — 1 solve6,871 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves77 moves—
early days — 1 solve2,043 / 2,040

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

Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 29.40Hudson Valley Winter 2019: 33.13Boston University Winter 2019: 33.64New Hope Open Winter 2019: 29.45Princeton Winter 2019: 26.96CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 23.89Long Island Winter 2019: 26.70Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 20.32Ridge Cubing 2019: 23.90The Battle of Lexington 2019: 20.19George School Open 2019: 18.90Brooklyn 2019: 20.40Colonie Spring 2019: 20.17Arcadia Summer 2019: 20.50Canadian Championship 2019: 17.70CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 17.98Quabbin Summer 2019: 17.26Ridge Cubing Fall 2019: 14.72Providence Fall 2019: 14.88Brooklyn Fall 2019: 14.18Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 13.44MIT Winter 2020: 13.93Scranton Scramble 2020: 14.39Babylon Winter 2020: 14.3413.4433.648 Dec 201829 Feb 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.

  • Luke Galioto — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
  • Lauren Phung — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Eric Zhao — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 27 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.