People · United States
Branden Shoemaker
2×2 · top 24.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025SHOE01
Branden Shoemaker has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.81, set at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,441st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 47 official solves on the record across seven events. Branden has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.81 | 9.04 | top 24.1% | 9,441 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 24.67 | 28.55 | top 51.9% | 30,333 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.14 | 16.22 | top 61.5% | 18,086 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 12.45 | 17.54 | top 68.2% | 12,805 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,700 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:59.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,049 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.66 | — | top 78.7% | 14,533 / 19,072 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: Cubing at Iowa State 2025. A 32.28 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.68 at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
Competitions
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Quentin Leavell — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Mickey Doyle — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shawn Doyle — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.