People · United States
Theodore Gubser
3×3 · top 0.36% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023GUBS01
Theodore Gubser has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.76, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2023, he has put 270 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.37 in February 2023 to 5.76, a 49% improvement. Theodore has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.76 | 8.67 | top 0.36% | 240 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 4.04 | top 11.3% | 4,524 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 8.35 | top 24.3% | 6,731 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.91 | 27.08 | top 25.9% | 3,377 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.73 | 1:10.80 | top 39.5% | 6,499 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.24 | 2:22.30 | top 56.8% | 4,898 / 9,537 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 10 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 10 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First competition: Pretzel Mania 2023. A 13.90 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 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.
- Pierce Tickle — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Currin Wilson — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Michael Nielsen — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.