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Brad Hoffman

Skewb · top 0.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016HOFF06

Brad Hoffman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at River Hill Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in the United States. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 73 competitions since October 2016, he has put 2,543 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.02 in October 2016 to 6.92, a 79% improvement. Brad has entered 73 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.4% of 73,281 all-time
1.46
signature single · River Hill Spring 2025
2,543
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb1.462.85
top 0.4%65 / 18,907
3×36.9211.41
top 1.2%758 / 59,724
2×21.322.93
top 1.4%589 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.884.05
top 3.2%855 / 28,708
Square-19.6215.38
top 5.5%400 / 6,743
Clock6.057.45
top 7.4%583 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed16.2119.67
top 10.7%1,420 / 15,683
Megaminx1:05.311:10.94
top 12.9%876 / 7,841
4×441.4146.93
top 13.8%2,053 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves32.33
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
5×51:18.701:21.99
top 18.1%1,393 / 9,401
6×62:46.863:04.40
top 34.4%1,238 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded2:16.032:33.62
top 38.6%814 / 2,092
7×74:35.954:45.81
top 43.1%1,243 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 36:02—
top 77.8%579 / 731
4×4 blindfolded22:11.00—
early days — 2 solves403 / 440

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

Severna Park Fall 2016: 33.02Rockville Winter 2017: 25.17Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 19.54Severna Park Summer 2017: 15.57Maryland 2017: 15.05Severna Park Showdown 2017: 16.66Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 12.99River Hill Spring 2018: 12.96Tea Time Spring 2018: 15.76Maryland 2018: 15.32Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 13.68TJHSST Fall 2018: 13.96CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 12.15Virginia Qualifier 2019: 13.88River Hill Spring 2019: 13.08Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 12.34CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 14.47Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 12.58Country Roads Martinsburg 2020: 12.19Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 12.60Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 12.08Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 11.83River Hill Spring 2022: 11.16Dunkirk Spring A 2022: 10.67Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 11.94Owings Mills Summer 2022: 11.75Silver Spring Summer 2022: 12.51Pretzel Mania 2022: 12.35Think In Fink Fall 2022: 12.27Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 11.26River Hill Fall 2022: 9.92Dunkirk Winter 2023: 11.88Potomac Spring 2023: 9.86Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 12.63TJHSST Spring 2023: 12.72Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 12.38Warwick Cube Day 2023: 10.05CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.65Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 11.10Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 10.97NoVa Cube Winter 2024: 11.74Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 9.27UMBC Winter 2024: 11.17Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 10.24River Hill Spring 2024: 9.61Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024: 11.06Gaithersburg Back to School 2024: 10.96UMBC Fall 2024: 12.01Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 10.89River Hill Fall 2024: 7.95Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 10.19Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 10.94Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 9.74River Hill Spring 2025: 8.85UMBC Spring 2025: 10.93TJHSST Spring 2025: 10.16Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.01More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 10.97Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 10.46UMBC Fall 2025: 10.01River Hill Fall 2025: 10.91UMBC Winter 2026: 10.64Happy Valley Spring PA 2026: 10.28Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 10.21Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026: 6.92Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.796.9233.0229 Oct 20162 Jul 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.