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Braden Helmer

3×3 · top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010HELM01

Braden Helmer has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.21, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011, puts him in the top 28.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,601st in the United States. Across 12 competitions since April 2010, he has put 214 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.84 in April 2010 to 16.21, a 58% improvement. Braden has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time
16.21
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011
214
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.2119.79
top 28.5%15,601 / 59,724
2×24.337.33
top 30.7%12,233 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.5910.85
top 32.8%9,211 / 28,708
4×41:18.911:30.12
top 55.0%9,401 / 19,072
5×52:40.063:05.46
top 70.5%6,199 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed51.31
top 77.9%11,433 / 15,683
6×65:04.18
early days — 2 solves3,305 / 4,196
7×78:11.11
early days — 1 solve2,883 / 3,184
Megaminx5:07.13
early days — 2 solves7,702 / 7,841

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

Moose Lodge 2010: 38.84San Diego Open 2010: 30.39United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 29.93Nisei Week Open 2010: 25.72Melbourne Cube Day 2010: 31.30Melbourne Summer Open 2011: 20.71Kubaroo Open 2011: 16.40Melbourne Winter Open 2011: 17.00Australian Nationals 2011: 16.30World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 16.21Melbourne Cube Day 2011: 21.71Sydney Autumn 2012: 20.8816.2138.8410 Apr 201021 Apr 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.