People · United States
Brandon Chao
Clock · top 67.5% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024CHAO05
Brandon Chao has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 20.97, set at Gaithersburg Back to School 2024, puts him in the top 67.5% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,804th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2024, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:12.67 in September 2024 to 48.01, a 34% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 20.97 | 27.64 | top 67.5% | 5,804 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 48.01 | 53.35 | top 84.5% | 51,798 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.83 | 24.36 | top 87.3% | 25,721 / 28,708 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-60 3×3: 56.60 at TJHSST Spring 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First competition: Gaithersburg Back to School 2024. A 1:12.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Drew Duong — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Makai Guay — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 Clock single — 20,707 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 8.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.