People · United States
Renn Gilbert
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019GILB03
Renn Gilbert has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.97, set at High Plains Solving 2023, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,050th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2019, he has put 270 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.81 in November 2019 to 9.97, a 44% improvement. Renn has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.97 | 11.78 | top 7.4% | 4,050 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.29 | 28.19 | top 21.3% | 2,721 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 52.63 | 1:02.19 | top 27.9% | 4,321 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 21.10 | 29.97 | top 30.4% | 1,970 / 6,743 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.44 | top 32.2% | 12,780 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.28 | 1:54.23 | top 33.3% | 2,643 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.25 | 13.78 | top 47.0% | 13,542 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:18.51 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,231 / 2,092 | |
| Clock | 18.23 | 19.90 | top 59.5% | 4,993 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.04 | 4:30.58 | early days — 3 solves | 2,685 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 14.94 | 21.87 | top 78.1% | 14,918 / 18,907 |
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
- 12 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at High Plains Solving 2023.
- 12 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at High Plains Solving 2023.
- 13 Nov 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.73 at Pikes Peak Returns A 2021.
- 9 Nov 2019First competition: Veterans Day Open 2019. A 17.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oredigger Fall CO 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2024 · 12 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2024 · 11 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024 · 10 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oredigger Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- High Plains Solving 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Returns A 2021 · 13 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Olde Town Parker 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Springs Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Veterans Day Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
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.
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Raymos Castillo — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elizabeth Cutting — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.