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Brandon Harnish

Skewb · top 1.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009HARN01

Brandon Harnish has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 278th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 117 competitions since November 2009, he has put 1,437 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 60 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.13 in November 2009 to 8.60, a 72% improvement. Brandon has entered 117 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.9% of 73,281 all-time
2.19
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014
1,437
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.194.15
top 1.9%278 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.00
top 3.0%81 / 2,040
3×38.6010.64
top 4.0%2,233 / 59,724
Square-111.6417.83
top 9.1%651 / 6,743
Clock7.8910.61
top 14.7%1,131 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:21.441:34.04
top 20.1%397 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed27.3433.33
top 40.2%5,365 / 15,683
4×4 blindfolded8:49.60—
top 50.2%206 / 440
2×26.15—
early days — 2 solves21,390 / 40,951
5×5 blindfolded21:49.00—
early days — 1 solve149 / 218
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 6 cubes · 27:18—
top 76.0%565 / 731
7×77:04.877:59.08
early days — 3 solves2,540 / 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

Stanford Fall competition 2009: 31.13EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 21.59Berkeley Summer 2010: 14.94EPGY Stanford Winter 2011: 15.18Vidar Open 2011: 15.31Berkeley Summer 2011: 11.94Stanford Fall 2011: 13.22EPGY Stanford Winter 2012: 12.03Stanford Spring 2012: 11.97Berkeley Spring 2013: 10.52World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.59Berkeley Summer 2013: 10.88Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 11.91Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 13.08Berkeley Summer 2014: 17.97Berkeley Fall 2014: 11.68BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 14.21Berkeley Spring 2015: 11.27BASC 6 2015: 13.14Berkeley Summer 2015: 10.19Keep Portland Weird 2015: 10.72Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 10.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 12.72Berkeley Winter 2016: 11.35Berkeley Spring 2016: 10.29Reno Open 2016: 10.65Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 9.26Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 13.19US Nationals 2016: 9.94Utah Fall Championship 2016: 10.80Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 9.85Reno Fall 2016: 10.67Berkeley Fall 2016: 11.66Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 10.32MVCS Spring 2017: 8.90Qualifornia 2017: 13.28Las Vegas Spring 2017: 11.27Reno Spring 2017: 10.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 9.79UCSD Summer 2017: 10.32San Ramon 2017: 8.91Northwest Championships 2017: 10.40Berkeley Summer 2017: 11.38Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 10.20Reno Fall 2017: 10.98South Enough 2018: 10.26SacCubing III 2018: 9.96Reno Winter 2018: 9.30Berkeley Winter 2018: 11.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 11.27Santa Fe Spring 2018: 9.33Las Vegas Spring 2018: 9.00Reno Spring 2018: 11.00SacCubing IV 2018: 10.04West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 11.33CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.28Reno Fall 2018: 10.19Hawaii 2018: 9.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 9.87Reno Winter 2019: 9.15Las Vegas Spring 2019: 9.20Berkeley Spring 2019: 9.09Reno Spring 2019: 11.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 10.49Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 9.53Berkeley Summer 2019: 13.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 10.62Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 9.26Berkeley Fall 2019: 8.60Hawaii 2019: 10.15Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 14.54Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 9.74Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 10.98Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020: 12.76Oregon State Leap Day 2020: 10.30Wyoming Summer 2021: 10.19Reno Spring 2023: 8.808.6031.1321 Nov 200925 Mar 2023

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.

  • Mitchell Lane — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 93 times
  • Riley Woo — met in 169 rounds, finished ahead 56 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.