People · United States
Brandon Cong
3×3 · top 0.75% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024CONG01
Brandon Cong has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.37, set at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 494th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2024, he has put 198 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.24 in February 2024 to 6.37, a 38% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.37 | 8.35 | top 0.75% | 494 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.32 | 2.56 | top 1.4% | 600 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.82 | 18.46 | top 7.8% | 1,058 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.18 | 9.72 | top 14.3% | 3,818 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 41.90 | 45.51 | top 14.4% | 2,188 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.96 | 1:47.43 | top 35.4% | 2,847 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.20 | 2:03.94 | top 40.6% | 3,008 / 8,026 |
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 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026.
- 20 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at UCLA Spring 2025.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Agoura Cubing Returns 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024First competition: Fullerton Winter 2024. A 12.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 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.
- August Barnard — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Ryan Roth — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.