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Riel Gonzalez
Skewb · top 3.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024GONZ73
Riel Gonzalez has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Westerns Warmup Riverside A 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 457th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2024, he has put 179 official solves on the record across ten 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 34.78 in November 2024 to 13.40, a 61% improvement. Riel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 2.53 | 9.27 | top 3.0% | 457 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 8.94 | top 15.1% | 3,969 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.40 | 15.19 | top 18.9% | 10,130 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.63 | 6.67 | top 21.8% | 8,543 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.91 | 26.40 | top 29.7% | 2,315 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.84 | 1:27.09 | top 46.7% | 7,771 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.07 | 2:31.94 | top 48.6% | 3,611 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.52 | — | top 70.0% | 10,041 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:56.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,613 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 6:40.67 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,927 / 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
- 22 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026.
- 24 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025.
- 1 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.16 at Westview Cubing Favorites 2025.
- 20 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 21.15 at UCLA Spring 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024First competition: UCSD Fall 2024. A 34.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Westerns Warmup Riverside A 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- August Barnard — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Shoji — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.