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Angela Braganza

4×4 · top 0.26% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015BRAG01

Angela Braganza has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 22.54, set at New Zealand Nationals 2025, puts her in the top 0.26% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in New Zealand. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since June 2015, she has put 2,411 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 35.50 in June 2015 to 6.90, an 81% improvement. Angela has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.26% of 83,917 all-time
22.54
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2025
2,411
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
4×422.5425.80
top 0.26%7 / 722
2×20.922.32
top 0.41%26 / 1,615
5×545.8051.41
top 0.81%7 / 355
6×61:25.771:33.73
top 1.2%4 / 149
3×36.908.33
top 1.2%43 / 2,095
7×72:23.402:31.21
top 2.8%6 / 126
Pyraminx2.905.31
top 3.3%66 / 1,141
Skewb3.019.37
top 5.0%48 / 666
3×3 one-handed27.4838.67
top 40.6%220 / 600

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

Wellington Winter 2015: 35.50Hamilton Spring 2015: 20.73New Zealand Nationals 2015: 17.79Wellington Autumn 2016: 16.55Hamilton Winter 2016: 15.88Palmerston North 2016: 15.20New Zealand Nationals 2016: 14.81Techweek NZ 2017: 12.74World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 12.90Hamilton Spring 2017: 11.85New Zealand Nationals 2017: 12.50NxNZ Open 2018: 10.86Palmerston North 2018: 11.84SNZ Northern 2018: 11.36Auckland Spring 2018: 11.29New Zealand Nationals 2018: 10.00SNZ Southern 2019: 10.87NxNZ 2019: 9.37Koalafication Palmy 2019: 10.75WCA World Championship 2019: 8.76New Zealand Nationals 2019: 8.93Auckland Summer Open 2020: 10.37New Zealand Nationals 2020: 7.95A New Year in Auckland 2021: 8.09Twisty Taranaki 2021: 9.85NZ South Island Championship 2021: 9.02Southern Scramble Dunedin 2021: 9.15NZ North Island Championship 2021: 8.07Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 8.19Twisty Taranaki 2022: 8.59Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 7.36New Zealand Nationals 2022: 7.50Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 7.42A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 7.89Auckland Autumn 2023: 7.82Cashmere Open 2023: 7.54Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 8.21NZ North Island Championship 2023: 6.95New Zealand Nationals 2023: 8.29A New Year in Auckland 2024: 7.95NZ South Island Championship 2024: 7.23Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 7.94Clauckland 2024: 7.84Springing into Auckland 2024: 6.90Max Speed Milford 2024: 8.21New Zealand Nationals 2024: 7.76A New Year in Auckland 2025: 7.89Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 8.33Wellington Winter 2025: 8.542x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 7.50New Zealand Nationals 2025: 7.956.9035.5021 Jun 201512 Dec 2025

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 her.

  • Elyas Eyou — met in 321 rounds, finished ahead 172 times
  • Liam Wadek — met in 283 rounds, finished ahead 234 times
  • Alex Asbery — met in 278 rounds, finished ahead 202 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.54 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 5.80 away.

Targets move as she improves.