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Brandon Joel

2×2 · top 45.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014JOEL01

Brandon Joel has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.55, set at Manhasset Fall 2015, puts him in the top 45.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,540th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2014, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 26% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.70 in August 2014 to 22.29, a 42% improvement. Brandon has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 45.9% of 186,767 all-time
5.55
signature single · Manhasset Fall 2015
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.559.69
top 45.9%18,540 / 40,951
3×322.2930.95
top 46.2%26,693 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.1811.76
top 54.4%15,891 / 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

US Nationals 2014: 38.70Starlight Open 2014: 40.87Doylestown Spring 2015: 29.38Manhasset Fall 2015: 25.79Princeton Winter 2019: 22.2922.2940.871 Aug 20149 Feb 2019

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.