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Shane Gaitley

3×3 · top 46.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2004 · 2004GAIT02

Shane Gaitley has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.31, set at Caltech Spring competition 2005, puts him in the top 46.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,720th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2004, he has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.79 in October 2004 to 22.31, a 60% improvement. Shane has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 46.2% of 284,439 all-time
22.31
signature single · Caltech Spring competition 2005
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.3130.91
top 46.2%26,720 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:43.94
top 96.8%15,115 / 15,683

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

Caltech Fall competition 2004: 55.79Caltech Spring competition 2005: 22.31Caltech Fall competition 2005: 24.2622.3155.7916 Oct 200422 Oct 2005

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.31 away.
  • A sub-1:30 3×3 one-handed single — 69,906 people have one; it is 13.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.