People · United States
Smitty Gauthier
2×2 · top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022GAUT07
Smitty Gauthier has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 508th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2022, he has put 81 official solves on the record across seven events. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.45 in December 2022 to 1.25, a 64% improvement. Smitty has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.25 | 3.42 | top 1.2% | 508 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.85 | 4.81 | top 3.2% | 856 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 9.39 | 11.00 | top 5.9% | 3,297 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.58 | 7.49 | top 8.3% | 1,295 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.28 | 41.99 | top 40.2% | 5,437 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.27 | 2:06.26 | top 44.4% | 3,325 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.36 | 1:19.14 | top 52.9% | 9,092 / 19,354 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: Rocky Top 2022. A 13.12 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Rocky Top 2022.
Competitions
- Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harsha Paladugu — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Garrett Michael Becker — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.