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Stefano Gamba

3×3 · top 20.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009GAMB01

Stefano Gamba has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.76, set at Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016, puts him in the top 20.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,824th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2009, he has put 114 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.25 in April 2009 to 13.76, a 78% improvement. Stefano has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.1% of 284,439 all-time
13.76
signature single · Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016
114
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.7616.35
top 20.1%10,824 / 59,724
2×24.677.40
top 35.1%14,016 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:06.221:14.80
top 87.3%13,250 / 15,683
4×42:27.94
early days — 3 solves17,463 / 19,072
5×54:32.28
early days — 2 solves9,026 / 9,401

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

Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 1:01.25US Nationals 2009: 24.88Nisei Week Open 2009: 23.43Vancouver Open 2009: 19.46Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 23.77Stanford Fall competition 2009: 20.65Harvard Fall 2010: 17.19Princeton Fall 2010: 16.90MIT Fall 2015: 17.95Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 13.7613.761:01.2525 Apr 200919 Nov 2016

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.

  • Anthony Hsu — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Bob Burton — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Eric Zhao — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.