People · United States
Brandon Carter
2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CART09
Brandon Carter has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Solving at Sycamore TN 2024, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,616th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 139 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.62 in September 2023 to 10.91, a 14% improvement. Brandon has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 4.74 | top 6.6% | 2,616 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.91 | 12.81 | top 10.2% | 5,522 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 7.58 | top 14.7% | 3,853 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.20 | 34.98 | top 29.3% | 3,791 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 59.63 | 1:04.25 | top 36.1% | 5,823 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.25 | 2:01.22 | top 43.5% | 3,560 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.87 | 2:43.09 | top 53.1% | 3,974 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:59.74 | 4:13.12 | top 65.3% | 2,530 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 20.27 | 27.93 | top 65.4% | 5,593 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 6:38.89 | 7:14.69 | early days — 3 solves | 2,374 / 3,184 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Solving at Sycamore TN 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Scenic City Scramble TN 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Going Fast in Franklin 2023. A 13.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Get the Average TN 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving at Sycamore TN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Scenic City Scramble TN 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Going Fast in Franklin 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roxana Johnson — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Teddy Everhart — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.