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Brandon Buchalter

2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017BUCH02

Brandon Buchalter has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at GA Cubers Pride 2022, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,838th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since April 2017, he has put 830 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.94 in April 2017 to 10.88, a 70% improvement. Brandon has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.31
signature single · GA Cubers Pride 2022
830
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.314.08
top 7.1%2,838 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.426.54
top 9.8%2,538 / 28,708
3×310.8813.14
top 10.1%5,473 / 59,724
Skewb3.968.02
top 10.6%1,635 / 18,907
4×444.5851.46
top 17.8%2,695 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 3 solves507 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed23.9530.51
top 31.4%4,069 / 15,683
Clock11.9214.29
top 34.5%2,730 / 8,927
Megaminx1:47.862:08.28
top 39.2%2,824 / 7,841
Square-125.8836.10
top 41.1%2,664 / 6,743
5×51:53.722:06.97
top 45.2%3,720 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded3:32.82—
early days — 3 solves1,288 / 2,092

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

Mountain View Open 2017: 35.94Classic City Summer 2017: 25.93Cobb Cubes 2017: 22.09GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018: 19.52CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 18.38Cobb Cubes Again 2018: 18.98CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 18.10Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 18.81Terminus 2019: 16.31Where's Loganville 2019: 16.17GA Cubers Sunset 2019: 15.05GA Cubers Feet Fest 2019: 13.98Cobb Cubes Comeback 2B 2021: 12.67GA Cubers February C 2022: 13.27GA Cubers Pride 2022: 13.47Kendeda Kubing A 2023: 11.88CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 11.38Simpson Scramble 2023: 14.24CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.92Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024: 11.22Beat the Clock Westminster 2024: 11.70Vanderbilt Spring 2024: 11.06CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 11.43Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 14.39Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 12.31Vanderbilt Winter 2026: 12.32GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 10.88GA Cubers Pride 2026: 12.60Middle Georgia Summer Solving 2026: 13.2910.8835.9429 Apr 201725 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.