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Braden Merrill

2×2 · top 34.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017MERR01

Braden Merrill has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.62, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 34.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,730th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2017, he has put 33 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.17 in January 2017 to 4.62, a 65% improvement. Braden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 34.5% of 186,767 all-time
4.62
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2018
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.6210.47
top 34.5%13,730 / 40,951
Skewb7.9024.59
top 40.5%7,005 / 18,907
3×336.6540.74
top 72.8%44,200 / 59,724

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

Utah Cubing for Charity 2017: 13.17Utah Megacomp II 2017: 9.94CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 4.62Utah Valley Open 2019: 6.284.6213.1721 Jan 20175 Jan 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.