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Brandon Hoover

2×2 · top 26.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022HOOV01

Brandon Hoover has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.97, set at SacCubing XIII 2023, puts him in the top 26.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,293rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2022, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. His Skewb best has come down from 21.25 in June 2022 to 11.32, a 47% improvement. Brandon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 26.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.97
signature single · SacCubing XIII 2023
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.976.81
top 26.1%10,293 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.0111.95
top 44.9%12,923 / 28,708
3×322.4024.72
top 46.5%26,863 / 59,724
Skewb11.3214.02
top 62.6%11,584 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:25.85
early days — 1 solve14,539 / 15,683

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

Berkeley Summer 2022: 21.25SacCubing XIII 2023: 11.32Berkeley Summer 2024: 11.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 14.6011.3221.2511 Jun 202222 Jun 2024

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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.

  • Ayush Anand — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Nolan Yiu — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.