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Brady Dong
2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022DONG01
Brady Dong has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Diamond Bar September 2022, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,814th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2022, he has put 195 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in February 2022 to 10.35, a 38% improvement. Brady has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 4.56 | top 4.5% | 1,814 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 12.25 | top 8.5% | 4,677 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 53.13 | 1:03.12 | top 28.5% | 4,420 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.64 | 2:06.51 | top 35.9% | 2,844 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.93 | 33.46 | top 41.8% | 5,603 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 8.12 | 12.86 | top 42.2% | 7,361 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.54 | 5:06.85 | early days — 3 solves | 1,276 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 17.07 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,620 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.59 | 4:02.09 | top 61.4% | 2,369 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 40.23 | 54.16 | top 65.7% | 4,316 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:40.48 | 3:30.84 | top 66.1% | 5,070 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.17 | 24.94 | top 73.8% | 21,882 / 28,708 |
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
- 17 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Diamond Bar September 2022.
- 6 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Circle City Summer 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022First competition: Anaheim Winter A 2022. A 16.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Diamond Bar September 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Circle City Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Anaheim Winter A 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
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.
- Ryan Morrison — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shane Grogan — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.