People · Canada
Brandan Zou
3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ZOUB01
Brandan Zou has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.12, set at Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,353rd in Canada. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across two 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 19.59 in November 2022 to 12.12, a 38% improvement. Brandan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.12 | 17.74 | top 14.3% | 1,353 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 7.00 | 10.44 | top 60.4% | 4,401 / 7,173 |
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
- 26 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at Pickering D 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022First competition: Oakville Fall A 2022. A 20.64 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Oakville Fall A 2022.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Southern Ontario Summer - Newmarket 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 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.
- Kai Wen Yang — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anthony Iskander — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Zheng — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.