People · United States
Brandon Liu
2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012LIUB01
Brandon Liu has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Suzhou Open 2014, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,103rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2012, he has put 322 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.36 in June 2012 to 11.67, a 24% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 6.65 | top 7.9% | 3,103 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.67 | 14.10 | top 12.7% | 6,834 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.10 | 19.20 | top 12.8% | 1,660 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:13.00 | 2:43.87 | top 37.6% | 792 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.91 | — | top 69.9% | 12,520 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 21.90 | 56.98 | top 94.9% | 27,679 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Jun 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at New Albany 2013.
- 15 Jun 2013Five personal bests in one day at New Albany 2013.
- 20 Oct 2012Three personal bests in one day at Dayton Fall 2012.
- 2 Jun 2012First competition: New Albany 2012. A 19.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
- New Hampshire Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melrose Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Northeastern Fall 2015 · 15 Nov 2015
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015
- MIT Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- New Albany Open 2014 · 21 Jun 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Holy Toledo Winter 2014 · 8 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- New Albany 2013 · 15 Jun 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Dayton Fall 2012 · 20 Oct 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- New Albany 2012 · 2 Jun 2012 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Samuel Brenner — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nathan Dwyer — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jonah Crosby — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.