People · United States
Brandon McClelland
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MCCL05
Brandon McClelland has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.64, set at New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,295th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2017, he has put 639 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in April 2017 to 7.64, a 54% improvement. Brandon has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.64 | 9.51 | top 2.2% | 1,295 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.62 | top 5.5% | 2,199 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 35.12 | 40.63 | top 6.8% | 1,055 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 3.68 | 10.71 | top 8.8% | 1,355 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.49 | 1:17.84 | top 14.2% | 1,087 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 8.75 | top 18.7% | 4,987 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.74 | 22.47 | top 19.8% | 2,550 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 14.11 | 16.73 | top 44.3% | 3,558 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 29.04 | 32.65 | top 47.6% | 3,098 / 6,743 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 22 Jun 2023Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 10 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Austin Summer 2019.
- 4 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Southeast Texas Winter 2019.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026 · 1 Feb 2026
- Temple Cubing Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Don't Pop Austin 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Austin Summer 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Southeast Texas Winter 2019 · 4 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bayou Bash 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Mess With Texas 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 87 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Conard — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.