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Brady Swan
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016SWAN01
Brady Swan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.26, set at Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,070th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2016, he has put 403 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.47 in May 2016 to 9.26, a 71% improvement. Brady has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.26 | 11.34 | top 5.5% | 3,070 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.86 | top 8.9% | 3,497 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 39.38 | 43.53 | top 11.4% | 1,679 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.79 | 1:21.87 | top 12.0% | 813 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 13.67 | 20.59 | top 13.4% | 925 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.08 | 1:20.99 | top 16.2% | 1,254 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 3:27.05 | 3:43.39 | top 18.8% | 532 / 3,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.05 | 7.58 | top 20.4% | 5,477 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.34 | 7.46 | top 28.5% | 4,661 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 2:37.13 | 2:48.17 | top 29.3% | 1,030 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.67 | 28.31 | top 36.0% | 4,753 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 12.23 | 13.41 | top 36.1% | 2,856 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,364 / 2,040 |
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
- 10 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Austin Spring Open 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.26 at Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 15 Jul 2017Ten personal bests in one day at Southern Championships 2017.
- 9 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017.
Competitions
- Austin Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Southern Championships 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 10 personal bests set
- Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017 · 9 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't Mess With Texas 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Dallas Winter Variation 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Cube Blast 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016 · 1 May 2016
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.
- Matt Lee — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Jason Lee — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Patrick Fischer — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.