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Riley Gilchrist

3×3 · top 23.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016GILC01

Riley Gilchrist has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.58, set at Sydney Championship 2016, puts him in the top 23.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,098th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 113 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.56 in May 2016 to 14.58, a 64% improvement. Riley has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.58
signature single · Sydney Championship 2016
113
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×314.5816.01
top 23.0%2,098 / 11,709
Pyraminx7.778.78
top 34.3%1,801 / 5,993
2×25.286.51
top 42.8%3,360 / 8,567
Skewb8.229.24
top 43.0%1,320 / 3,534
4×41:11.211:25.40
top 48.1%1,291 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed35.5250.51
top 58.2%1,386 / 2,659
Square-135.0142.65
top 58.4%568 / 899
Megaminx2:42.48
early days — 2 solves867 / 1,277
5×52:45.87
early days — 2 solves1,029 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves61 moves
early days — 1 solve441 / 468

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

Sydney Autumn 2016: 40.56Australian Nationals 2016: 23.08Canberra Spring 2016: 16.83Sydney Championship 2016: 14.5814.5840.568 May 201617 Dec 2016

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.

  • Caleb Clark — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Felix Kiera — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Brandon Yan — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 11 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.58 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.