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Philip Gonzalez

3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010GONZ03

Philip Gonzalez has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.97, set at German Nationals 2013, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 377th in Germany. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2010, he has put 494 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.81 in April 2010 to 9.97, a 65% improvement. Philip has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.97
signature single · German Nationals 2013
494
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×39.9712.13
top 7.4%377 / 4,109
2×22.344.75
top 7.4%300 / 2,875
Pyraminx4.066.86
top 8.0%189 / 1,987
4×445.5852.60
top 19.0%349 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed30.3634.64
top 47.4%607 / 1,314
Clock19.6621.72
top 63.6%409 / 634
3×3 blindfolded4:01.30
early days — 3 solves210 / 343
5×54:08.93
early days — 2 solves1,063 / 1,158

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

German Open 2010: 28.81Belgian Open 2010: 19.36Cologne Open 2010: 19.78Alania Open 2010: 16.90Düsseldorf Open 2010: 16.30German Nationals 2010: 16.47Dutch Nationals 2010: 12.55Aachen Open 2011: 13.93German Open 2011: 12.55GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 11.52Düsseldorf Open 2011: 11.02German Nationals 2011: 11.72Aachen Summer Open 2012: 10.65German Nationals 2012: 10.21German Nationals 2013: 9.979.9728.8117 Apr 201023 Nov 2013

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 1.97 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.