People · Australia
Anthony Brand
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022BRAN01
Anthony Brand has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.94, set at Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2022, he has put 643 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.00 in March 2022 to 7.94, a 28% improvement. Anthony has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.94 | 9.94 | top 2.7% | 261 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.69 | 3.55 | top 3.0% | 243 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 34.96 | 40.91 | top 6.7% | 174 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 11.27 | 19.06 | top 8.5% | 84 / 899 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.93 | 19.40 | top 10.0% | 231 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.27 | 1:18.88 | top 10.4% | 141 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.20 | 8.98 | top 14.4% | 689 / 5,993 | |
| 6×6 | 2:13.63 | 2:19.05 | top 17.2% | 100 / 641 | |
| Clock | 8.63 | 11.75 | top 18.1% | 204 / 1,095 | |
| Skewb | 5.08 | 7.79 | top 18.8% | 489 / 3,534 | |
| 7×7 | 3:50.95 | 3:54.97 | top 27.5% | 124 / 523 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.20 | 1:39.42 | top 29.6% | 371 / 1,277 |
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
- 20 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
- 14 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Wonderful Williamstown 2022.
- 5 Mar 2022First competition: Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022. A 12.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Four The Win Dandenong 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Abbotsford Big Cube Day 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022 · 5 Mar 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.
- David Epstein — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead once
- Myles Jarman — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.