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Brandon B. Naong

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023NAON01

Brandon B. Naong has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at GAN Negros Speedcubing Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 334th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2023, he has put 68 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.08 in September 2023 to 8.37, a 56% improvement. Brandon has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.37
signature single · GAN Negros Speedcubing Open 2026
68
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.379.09
top 3.5%334 / 6,270

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

Visayas Championship 2023: 19.08Dumaguete Cube Rendezvous 2023: 11.58Philippine Championship 2024: 13.09Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025: 9.00West Negros Cube Fest 2025: 8.88GAN Negros Speedcubing Open 2026: 8.37Cebu Cool Off 2026: 8.398.3719.088 Sep 202325 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.