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Ryan Gibbon

3×3 · top 24.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018GIBB06

Ryan Gibbon has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.09, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022, puts him in the top 24.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 313th in South Africa. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.63 in April 2018 to 15.09, a 54% improvement. Ryan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.8% of 284,439 all-time
15.09
signature single · Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022
94
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×315.0920.25
top 24.8%313 / 2,164
2×24.036.30
top 26.9%284 / 1,510
Pyraminx6.9012.18
top 27.1%206 / 946
Megaminx2:02.802:09.36
top 47.3%85 / 266

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

Speedcubes Cape Town 2018: 32.63Speedcubes Cape Town 2022: 21.60Green School Paarl Open 2022: 16.38Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 15.0915.0932.639 Apr 20187 Oct 2022

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.