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Peter Gao

3×3 · top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019GAOP02

Peter Gao has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.16, set at NZ North Island Championship 2023, puts him in the top 11.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,299th in China. Across 21 competitions since June 2019, he has put 363 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.21 in June 2019 to 11.16, a 39% improvement. Peter has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.16
signature single · NZ North Island Championship 2023
363
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.1612.78
top 11.0%4,299 / 28,153
2×23.565.38
top 20.9%3,438 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.9911.74
top 36.1%3,930 / 10,224
4×41:11.461:36.94
top 48.3%4,417 / 5,926
Clock39.29
early days — 1 solve1,779 / 1,843
Skewb30.3746.24
top 97.2%4,859 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed1:53.35
early days — 1 solve5,925 / 5,922

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

Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019: 18.21A New Year in Auckland 2021: 15.28Twisty Taranaki 2021: 13.17NZ North Island Championship 2021: 13.68Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022: 16.64Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 15.04New Zealand Nationals 2022: 13.29Palmerston North 2023: 11.78Auckland Autumn 2023: 12.82Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 11.81NZ South Island Championship 2023: 12.69NZ North Island Championship 2023: 11.16New Zealand Nationals 2023: 13.24A New Year in Auckland 2024: 12.28Beachside Auckland 2024: 13.19Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 11.84Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 12.26Australian Nationals 2024: 12.54South Auckland Side Events 2024: 14.09Max Speed Milford 2024: 11.51A New Year in Auckland 2025: 15.2811.1618.2128 Jun 201917 Jan 2025

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.

  • Yuki Gao — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Edwin Shen — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Elyas Eyou — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.