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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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.21 | 19.79 | top 28.5% | 15,601 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 7.33 | top 30.7% | 12,233 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.59 | 10.85 | top 32.8% | 9,211 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.91 | 1:30.12 | top 55.0% | 9,401 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:40.06 | 3:05.46 | top 70.5% | 6,199 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.31 | — | top 77.9% | 11,433 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 5:04.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,305 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 8:11.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,883 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 5:07.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,702 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 May 2011First sub-20 3×3: 16.40 at Kubaroo Open 2011.
- 7 May 2011Three personal bests in one day at Kubaroo Open 2011.
- 29 Jan 2011Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer Open 2011.
- 6 Aug 2010First sub-30 3×3: 29.93 at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 10 Apr 2010First competition: Moose Lodge 2010. A 38.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sydney Autumn 2012 · 21 Apr 2012
- Melbourne Cube Day 2011 · 26 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2011 · 27 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Winter Open 2011 · 25 Jun 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubaroo Open 2011 · 7 May 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer Open 2011 · 29 Jan 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Day 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week Open 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Open 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Moose Lodge 2010 · 10 Apr 2010
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.
- Cameron Stollery — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Feliks Zemdegs — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tim Major — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
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.