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Brandon Hellyer

3×3 · top 37.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018HELL05

Brandon Hellyer has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.16, set at Boise 2019, puts him in the top 37.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,175th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since September 2018, he has put 92 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.32 in September 2018 to 19.16, a 10% improvement. Brandon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.5% of 284,439 all-time
19.16
signature single · Boise 2019
92
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.1621.80
top 37.5%21,175 / 59,724
2×25.528.18
top 45.5%18,406 / 40,951
5×51:57.272:03.88
top 47.6%3,968 / 9,401
4×41:16.451:26.10
top 52.9%8,981 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed49.13
early days — 3 solves11,056 / 15,683
6×65:15.146:29.24
top 84.2%3,408 / 4,196
Megaminx3:44.57
early days — 2 solves6,980 / 7,841
Pyraminx18.4233.70
top 90.6%26,586 / 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

Missoula 2018: 21.32CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2019: 22.56Boise 2019: 19.16Missoula 2021: 19.4819.1622.568 Sep 20186 Nov 2021

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 2 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.16 at Boise 2019.
  • 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Boise 2019.
  • 8 Sep 2018First competition: Missoula 2018. A 25.78 3×3 single to start from.

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.16 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.