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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.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.97
signature single · High Plains Solving 2023
270
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9711.78
top 7.4%4,050 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed20.2928.19
top 21.3%2,721 / 15,683
4×452.631:02.19
top 27.9%4,321 / 19,072
Square-121.1029.97
top 30.4%1,970 / 6,743
2×24.445.44
top 32.2%12,780 / 40,951
5×51:37.281:54.23
top 33.3%2,643 / 9,401
Pyraminx9.2513.78
top 47.0%13,542 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded3:18.51
early days — 3 solves1,231 / 2,092
Clock18.2319.90
top 59.5%4,993 / 8,927
6×64:10.044:30.58
early days — 3 solves2,685 / 4,196
Skewb14.9421.87
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

Veterans Day Open 2019: 17.81Colorado Springs Winter 2020: 16.98Olde Town Parker 2020: 15.02Pikes Peak Returns A 2021: 13.01High Plains Solving 2023: 9.97Colorado Pastacomp 2023: 12.32Oredigger Open 2024: 12.18Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 10.96Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024: 10.58Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024: 10.79Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2024: 11.36Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2024: 10.67Oredigger Open CO 2025: 10.79Oredigger Fall CO 2025: 15.369.9717.819 Nov 201922 Nov 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.

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.