People · United States
Stanley Gao
Pyraminx · top 15.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014GAOS01
Stanley Gao has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.31, set at Harvard Fall 2014, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,969th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2014, he has put 38 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Stanley has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 11.11 | top 15.1% | 3,969 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 22.32 | 25.90 | top 46.3% | 26,744 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.25 | 8.65 | top 62.4% | 25,678 / 40,951 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Aug 2014First competition: US Nationals 2014. A 22.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014
- Lexington Fall 2014 · 8 Nov 2014
- Harvard Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tim Wong — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew McMillan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.