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Braden Leitzel

2×2 · top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LEIT07

Braden Leitzel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,152nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2022, he has put 61 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.69 in November 2022 to 14.06, a 10% improvement. Braden has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.34
signature single · KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.345.36
top 18.3%7,152 / 40,951
3×314.0616.16
top 21.2%11,419 / 59,724
4×41:04.221:28.06
top 40.9%6,677 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed43.4257.30
top 69.8%10,020 / 15,683
5×53:02.75
top 78.9%7,160 / 9,401

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

Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022: 15.69KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023: 15.16Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023: 14.0614.0615.6912 Nov 20224 Mar 2023

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.

  • Lydia Workman — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Dan Smith — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Aden Maskin — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.