People · United States
Brandon Caron
3×3 · top 15.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CARO03
Brandon Caron has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.55, set at Owings Mills Summer 2022, puts him in the top 15.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,483rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since May 2017, he has put 155 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.18 in May 2017 to 12.55, a 31% improvement. Brandon has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 12.55 | 15.66 | top 15.8% | 8,483 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 5.19 | top 17.5% | 6,877 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.85 | 8.26 | top 24.6% | 3,987 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 51.77 | 1:02.69 | top 26.9% | 4,136 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 9.32 | top 31.2% | 8,709 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 22.49 | 29.67 | top 33.5% | 2,179 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.03 | 33.11 | top 46.7% | 6,361 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 16.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,482 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.40 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,708 / 9,401 |
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
- 16 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.79 at Owings Mills Summer 2022.
- 16 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Owings Mills Summer 2022.
- 10 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at Incredible Pencil Mania 2018.
- 22 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Six personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2017.
- 27 May 2017First competition: Quabbin Spring 2017. A 18.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- East Brunswick Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- Quabbin Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017
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.
- Dana Yi — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Corey Sakowski — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- AJ Kamal — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.