People · United States
Rex Gilmore
Skewb · top 1.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024GILM03
Rex Gilmore has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Northwest Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2024, he has put 865 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.60 in June 2024 to 9.36, a 60% improvement. Rex has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.93 | 2.55 | top 1.2% | 185 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.58 | top 5.4% | 2,134 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 11.67 | top 5.7% | 3,198 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.69 | 6.58 | top 11.3% | 2,950 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 7.19 | 8.05 | top 11.7% | 893 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 43.01 | 48.74 | top 15.8% | 2,388 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 14.84 | 22.05 | top 16.1% | 1,088 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.38 | 24.54 | top 24.2% | 3,116 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.48 | 1:46.37 | top 27.9% | 1,927 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.07 | 1:46.98 | top 34.7% | 2,745 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:08.43 | 3:17.75 | top 44.8% | 1,655 / 4,196 |
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
- 21 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Northwest Championship 2026.
- 9 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Dawgs at Denny UW 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Seattle 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Worlds Warmup Woodinville 2025.
Competitions
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Summer Scramble UW 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Dawgs at Denny UW 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- North Sound Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- McMinnville Favorites 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Oregon State Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Fall 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bellevue Cubing Afternoon 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Warmup for Worlds Olympia 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Central Washington Evens 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Worlds Warmup Woodinville 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bellevue Squan Fest January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
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.
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Anishk Arora — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Eli Kirk — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.