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Brandon Gautreau

2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017GAUT04

Brandon Gautreau has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Bayou Back to School 2018, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,427th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2017, he has put 525 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.65 in July 2017 to 8.90, a 65% improvement. Brandon has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.81
signature single · Bayou Back to School 2018
525
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.812.81
top 3.6%1,427 / 40,951
3×38.9010.32
top 4.6%2,579 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.176.99
top 8.5%2,190 / 28,708
Skewb3.797.48
top 9.5%1,451 / 18,907
4×438.1144.88
top 9.9%1,478 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed19.5723.36
top 19.4%2,489 / 15,683
5×51:20.601:31.47
top 19.6%1,532 / 9,401
Clock9.2913.74
top 21.5%1,659 / 8,927
Square-119.7326.15
top 27.4%1,798 / 6,743
Megaminx1:43.622:01.18
top 36.8%2,645 / 7,841
6×62:52.792:59.33
early days — 3 solves1,358 / 4,196
7×74:39.924:51.66
top 44.5%1,288 / 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

Southern Championships 2017: 25.65South East Texas Open 2018: 17.19Bayou Back to School 2018: 12.68Cowbell Cubing 2022: 11.45Cajun Cube Clash 2024: 10.58Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024: 10.22Cube Against Cancer LA 2026: 11.20NOLA Cube Fest 2026: 9.77Magnolia State Cubing 2026: 9.58LA Summer Throwdown 2026: 9.78Cubalaya LA 2026: 8.90Cubing the Coast MS 2026: 9.64Cajun Cube Clash 2026: 10.628.9025.6515 Jul 201729 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.