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Brandon Howe

2×2 · top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017HOWE04

Brandon Howe has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Liberty Science Center Open 2017, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,240th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 72 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.23 in September 2017 to 15.36, an 11% improvement. Brandon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.92
signature single · Liberty Science Center Open 2017
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.926.92
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
3×315.3618.13
top 25.6%13,955 / 59,724
Skewb8.5911.70
top 45.6%8,055 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed38.2341.94
top 62.7%8,864 / 15,683
Pyraminx11.3618.11
top 63.0%18,572 / 28,708
4×41:53.12
early days — 2 solves14,458 / 19,072

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

Princeton Fall 2017: 17.23Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 15.36Kew Forest Open 2018: 18.30Princeton Fall 2018: 16.9215.3618.3023 Sep 201729 Sep 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.