People · United States
Brandon Kao
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018KAOB01
Brandon Kao has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.99, set at Irvine Summer 2022, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,080th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2018, he has put 256 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.38 in December 2018 to 9.99, a 46% improvement. Brandon has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.99 | 12.50 | top 7.4% | 4,080 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 4.85 | top 16.7% | 6,555 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 55.55 | 1:03.25 | top 31.4% | 4,956 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.56 | 30.52 | top 33.0% | 4,324 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.41 | 9.78 | top 39.8% | 11,374 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.48 | — | top 49.4% | 3,668 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.31 | 2:23.60 | top 51.3% | 4,301 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 10.20 | 12.67 | top 56.1% | 10,206 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 4:23.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,883 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 1:02.16 | — | top 84.9% | 5,698 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 8:50.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,010 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Irvine Summer 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Mudd Winter 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at UCSD Winter 2020.
- 22 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at West LA Spring 2019.
- 22 Dec 2018First competition: CubeChella 2018. A 18.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Diamond Bar September 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- Irvine Summer 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2022 · 8 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Anaheim Winter B 2022 · 6 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- CubeChella 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.