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Rudi Gambier

2×2 · top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022GAMB05

Rudi Gambier has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at UMA Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 160th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 191 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.34 in September 2022 to 11.09, a 17% improvement. Rudi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time
1.83
signature single · UMA Open 2023
191
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×21.834.09
top 3.8%160 / 3,897
3×311.0913.78
top 10.8%443 / 5,202
Skewb4.807.18
top 16.7%399 / 1,699
Pyraminx7.229.56
top 29.7%894 / 2,901
3×3 one-handed30.3147.29
top 47.4%566 / 1,335
4×41:54.83—
early days — 2 solves1,274 / 1,778

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

Chanquete Open 2022: 13.34Aldeilla Open 2023: 13.00Granada Open 2023: 12.80Chanquete Open 2023: 11.13Sum of Ranks Granada 2023: 13.05UMA Open 2023: 11.09Spanish Championship 2023: 12.6011.0913.3410 Sep 20228 Dec 2023

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.