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Braden Muriwai

2×2 · top 14.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022MURI02

Braden Muriwai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.03, set at Perth Summer 2023, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,118th in Australia. Across 10 competitions since June 2022, he has put 179 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.20 in June 2022 to 12.61, a 48% improvement. Braden has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.03
signature single · Perth Summer 2023
179
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.035.14
top 14.6%1,118 / 8,567
3×312.6116.21
top 16.1%1,437 / 11,709
4×41:06.521:11.43
top 43.5%1,162 / 3,051
Pyraminx9.4711.93
top 48.8%2,744 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed31.1840.37
top 49.3%1,146 / 2,659
Megaminx2:13.83
top 53.1%658 / 1,277
5×53:44.39
early days — 2 solves1,274 / 1,356

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

WA Open 2022: 24.20Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 13.92Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 17.73Butler Blitz 2022: 16.96Perth Summer 2023: 16.20Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 15.73Freo Cube-Off 2023: 15.65Perth Autumn 2023: 13.64Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 12.98Perth Time Trial 2023: 12.6112.6124.2025 Jun 20221 Jul 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.

  • Amy Smith — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jeremy Foott — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jay Calter — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.