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Brandon Carson

2×2 · top 44.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CARS05

Brandon Carson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.43, set at Keep Portland Weird 2017, puts him in the top 44.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,952nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 40 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.08 in July 2016 to 37.92, a 14% improvement. Brandon has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 44.5% of 186,767 all-time
5.43
signature single · Keep Portland Weird 2017
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.4310.52
top 44.5%17,952 / 40,951
Skewb10.9822.12
top 60.7%11,164 / 18,907
3×337.9248.30
top 74.4%45,283 / 59,724
Pyraminx16.5821.33
top 86.7%25,538 / 28,708
4×43:00.96
early days — 1 solve18,559 / 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

US Nationals 2016: 44.08PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 41.26Keep Portland Weird 2017: 37.9237.9244.0829 Jul 20164 Mar 2017

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.