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Brady Smith
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019SMIT44
Brady Smith has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Super Duper San Diego 2026, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,846th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2019, he has put 262 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.41 in December 2019 to 8.26, a 57% improvement. Brady 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 | 8.26 | 10.89 | top 3.3% | 1,846 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.78 | 1:24.98 | top 19.7% | 1,542 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 4.01 | top 20.7% | 8,127 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 47.33 | 48.83 | top 21.2% | 3,228 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.13 | 26.69 | top 23.6% | 3,032 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.39 | 13.76 | top 39.6% | 11,314 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 29.71 | 38.67 | top 48.8% | 3,185 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.23 | — | top 59.4% | 4,465 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 11.32 | 12.10 | top 62.6% | 11,584 / 18,907 |
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
- 9 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2026.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at USC Cubing 2024.
- 21 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Geffen Spring 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022Four personal bests in one day at Anaheim Winter A 2022.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Summer 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Geffen Spring 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Anaheim Winter A 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
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.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Paul Mahvi — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Park — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 20.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.