People · United States
Braden Young
3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021YOUN04
Braden Young has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.16, set at High Plains Solving 2023, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,371st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2021, he has put 302 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.53 in November 2021 to 10.16, a 25% improvement. Braden has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.16 | 13.74 | top 7.9% | 4,371 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 6.88 | top 9.9% | 2,572 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.77 | top 10.7% | 4,215 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.33 | 8.88 | top 28.4% | 4,645 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 58.58 | 1:08.52 | top 34.9% | 5,621 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.91 | 38.09 | top 46.5% | 6,317 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 18.65 | 33.20 | top 60.7% | 5,119 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,588 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.58 | — | top 64.4% | 4,907 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 6:49.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,950 / 4,196 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mile High Megacomp 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pueblo Puzzling 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Slopeside Solving 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dunkirk Spring A 2022.
- 14 Nov 2021First competition: Pikes Peak Returns B 2021. A 18.36 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Nov 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.53 at Pikes Peak Returns B 2021.
Competitions
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- High Plains Solving 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- LoCo Cubing AM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Cubing in The Springs 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CO Solving in Fall for All 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pueblo Puzzling 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slopeside Solving 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Good Morning 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pikes Peak Returns B 2021 · 14 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Alex Aguayo — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaemon Vita — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.