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Braden Rock

3×3 · top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012ROCK02

Braden Rock has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.95, set at Raleigh Open 2013, puts him in the top 20.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,201st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2012, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.58 in July 2012 to 13.95, a 25% improvement. Braden has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.95
signature single · Raleigh Open 2013
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.9516.41
top 20.8%11,201 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed33.3344.11
top 54.0%7,497 / 15,683
4×41:25.911:39.35
top 60.6%10,529 / 19,072
5×52:20.582:28.61
top 61.3%5,270 / 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

Raleigh Open 2012: 18.58Raleigh Open 2013: 13.9513.9518.5821 Jul 201215 Jun 2013

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.

  • Tim Reynolds — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Evan Liu — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Andrew Hwang — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 3.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.