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Braden Hitchcox

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022HITC02

Braden Hitchcox has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.68, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,617th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2022, he has put 422 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.11 in October 2022 to 9.68, a 52% improvement. Braden has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.68
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026
422
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.6812.70
top 6.6%3,617 / 59,724
2×22.604.72
top 9.9%3,907 / 40,951
Skewb4.486.94
top 14.3%2,232 / 18,907
4×444.3550.50
top 17.5%2,651 / 19,072
Pyraminx7.049.35
top 28.2%7,768 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed24.1926.57
top 32.0%4,173 / 15,683
Megaminx1:40.791:54.37
top 35.1%2,497 / 7,841
Clock12.6215.26
top 38.0%3,003 / 8,927
Square-125.2831.97
top 39.7%2,575 / 6,743
5×51:47.362:13.81
top 40.8%3,295 / 9,401
6×63:39.853:46.74
top 58.6%2,236 / 4,196
7×76:34.40—
early days — 1 solve2,348 / 3,184

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

Cuber Jackets Fall 2022: 20.11Rocky Top 2022: 13.86AlphaCubing A 2023: 16.10Fountain City 2023: 15.42Going Fast in Franklin 2023: 15.50Choo Choo Cubing A 2024: 11.25TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 12.61Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 10.85Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024: 11.42Scenic City Scramble TN 2024: 12.33CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 11.06Scenic City Spring TN 2026: 12.77Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.689.6820.1129 Oct 20222 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.