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Brandon Mikel

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011MIKE01

Brandon Mikel has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.96, set at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,672nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 99 competitions since April 2011, he has put 3,390 official solves on the record across 17 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 40.05 in April 2011 to 8.96, a 78% improvement. Brandon has entered 99 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.96
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016
3,390
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9613.99
top 4.8%2,672 / 59,724
2×22.364.59
top 7.6%2,991 / 40,951
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 14 cubes · 57:32—
top 9.9%68 / 731
3×3 blindfolded1:02.471:11.70
top 13.8%262 / 2,092
Skewb4.587.87
top 15.1%2,364 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.309.55
top 15.1%3,956 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves43.00
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed19.1626.57
top 18.2%2,349 / 15,683
Clock8.8010.20
top 18.9%1,443 / 8,927
4×453.1659.03
top 28.5%4,431 / 19,072
4×4 blindfolded6:01.2210:43.00
top 29.2%122 / 440
5×5 blindfolded13:47.00—
top 36.0%71 / 218
5×51:52.232:07.00
top 44.2%3,626 / 9,401
Square-132.0646.38
top 53.3%3,508 / 6,743
Megaminx2:28.692:57.67
top 60.5%4,563 / 7,841
6×64:22.934:40.51
top 72.6%2,875 / 4,196
7×76:24.056:43.62
top 73.0%2,262 / 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

Iowa Open 2011: 40.05Dixon Open 2011: 24.63Minnesota Open 2011: 21.68Indiana 2011: 18.71Kansas Cube Off 2012: 16.21Dixon Open 2012: 15.27Minnesota Open 2012: 14.05Cubetcha 2012: 15.18Indiana 2012: 12.16Dixon Winter 2013: 14.69UIUC Spring 2013: 13.81New Albany 2013: 14.81Dixon Summer 2013: 13.81Tree Town 2013: 14.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 16.31Indiana 2013: 13.52CCFC Fall 2013: 13.19Cubetcha 2013: 12.72Leaf Town 2013: 13.42Hillsdale Fall 2013: 14.83Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013: 12.88UIUC Fall 2013: 14.93Houston Winter Open 2014: 13.25Blizzard Town 2014: 13.03Dixon Spring 2014: 24.77Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 15.30Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 13.11Michigan 2014: 14.81Dixon Summer 2014: 14.75US Nationals 2014: 15.60Indiana 2014: 13.18Wiscube 2014: 12.60Cubetcha 2014: 13.05Oklahoma Open 2014: 12.12Florida Feast 2014: 14.14Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 12.14Lawrence Spring 2015: 13.06Fabulous Minnesota Competition 2015: 14.05Field of Cubes 2015: 13.99Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 11.14Indiana 2015: 12.81Dixon Summer 2015: 13.32US Nationals 2015: 12.06Cubetcha 2015: 13.85Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 8.96KCubing Spring 2016: 12.39Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 13.96Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 11.07Indiana 2016: 13.51Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 12.85US Nationals 2016: 14.62KCubing Summer 2016: 14.11Cubetcha 2016: 12.49Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 15.08Marrs Mixup Winter 2017: 13.28KCubing Winter 2017: 13.69Iowa State Spring 2017: 12.68Dixon Spring 2017: 11.48Rocket City 2017: 13.34Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 13.64CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.69Heartland Championships 2017: 12.78KCubing Fall 2017: 14.36Fargo Fall 2017: 13.01North Iowa 2017: 13.66Lions Cubing 2018: 13.25North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 13.61CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 13.70CubeIowa 2018: 13.58South Dakota First 2018: 12.36Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 13.57Clock N' Cats 2018: 14.09Cubetcha 2018: 14.02Independence Cube Day 2018: 12.57West Branch 2019: 14.35Albany Winter 2019: 12.79CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 12.05Virtual Cubing 2019: 12.80West Branch Summer 2019: 14.79North Liberty 2019: 13.69Albany Fall 2019: 13.18CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 11.35Rochester Fall 2022: 14.76Iowa Fall 2022: 13.16North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 15.16Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024: 14.78Algs in Ankeny 2024: 14.14Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025: 15.06Cubing at Iowa State 2025: 16.40CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 14.46Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026: 14.228.9640.0516 Apr 201115 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.