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Peter Gunnarson

3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013GUNN01

Peter Gunnarson has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Virginia Open Spring 2014, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,722nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2013, he has put 126 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.42 in July 2013 to 9.00, a 42% improvement. Peter has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.00
signature single · Virginia Open Spring 2014
126
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.0013.81
top 4.9%2,722 / 59,724
2×23.225.42
top 16.8%6,594 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves
early days — 2 solves446 / 2,040
4×41:03.511:12.76
top 40.1%6,527 / 19,072
Skewb12.4615.44
top 68.3%12,811 / 18,907
5×53:10.67
early days — 2 solves7,437 / 9,401
Megaminx3:38.87
early days — 2 solves6,852 / 7,841
Pyraminx17.3821.27
top 88.6%26,052 / 28,708

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.42Virginia Open Spring 2014: 9.00US Nationals 2014: 13.43River Hill Summer 2014: 13.09Virginia Open Fall 2015: 14.20Virginia Open Spring 2016: 12.69Virginia Open Winter 2017: 13.78Virginia Open Spring 2017: 15.029.0015.4226 Jul 20131 Apr 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.