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Brandon Nunez

5×5 · top 0.11% of 40,792 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016NUNE11

Brandon Nunez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 39.01, set at NAC Prep in Palisades 2026, puts him in the top 0.11% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in the United States. Until July 2017, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since August 2016, he has put 2,302 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.49 in August 2016 to 5.61, a 71% improvement. Brandon has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.11% of 40,792 all-time
39.01
signature single · NAC Prep in Palisades 2026
2,302
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
5×539.0142.94
top 0.11%10 / 9,401
4×421.8423.61
top 0.17%30 / 19,072
3×35.617.44
top 0.29%195 / 59,724
6×61:17.761:23.49
top 0.44%22 / 4,196
7×71:57.172:05.44
top 0.45%17 / 3,184
2×21.513.41
top 2.2%873 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.9313.48
top 2.9%453 / 15,683
Megaminx49.0651.18
top 4.7%338 / 7,841
Pyraminx4.336.16
top 9.3%2,418 / 28,708
Skewb3.897.20
top 10.1%1,557 / 18,907
Square-118.2023.62
top 23.8%1,574 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,575 / 2,040

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

Sharon Summer 2016: 19.49Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 11.40UMass ODS Fall 2016: 11.67Clifton Winter 2017: 11.13Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 10.58Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 7.84Lexington Summer 2017: 9.24Sharon Summer 2017: 7.94Princeton Fall 2017: 9.24UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 9.02Hudson Valley Fall 2017: 7.97Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 8.62Penn Cube Day Winter 2018: 8.10Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 8.40Hudson Valley Open 2018: 7.60Rutgers Spring 2018: 8.04No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 7.62Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 6.88North Plainfield Open 2018: 8.62CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 7.75New Hope Open Spring 2018: 7.06Maryland 2018: 8.26First State 2018: 7.65Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018: 7.50Pennsylvania 2018: 7.80Fall Foliage Cubing 2018: 7.71CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 7.82Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 6.69New Hope Open Winter 2019: 7.89Princeton Winter 2019: 7.31CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 7.72Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 7.16Ridge Cubing 2019: 6.95Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 7.34Arcadia Summer 2019: 7.83Hudson Valley Summer 2019: 7.01CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.99No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 7.78Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 7.63Princeton Winter 2020: 7.42Empire State Spring 2022: 6.62Princeton Spring 2022: 6.15CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 6.64Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 7.16New York Championship 2022: 6.98CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 5.61Pittsburgh Summer B 2022: 7.09Westport Summer 2022: 6.87Princeton Fall 2022: 6.98Think In Fink Fall 2022: 7.34New York New Year 2023: 7.09Newark's On Track 2023: 6.79New York New Year 2024: 7.08Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024: 6.07Rhode Island Winter 2024: 5.89Pop Off Princeton 2025: 7.18PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 7.01Happy Valley Spring PA 2026: 6.165.6119.4913 Aug 201619 Apr 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.

  • Dana Yi — met in 262 rounds, finished ahead 136 times
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 255 rounds, finished ahead 146 times
  • AJ Kamal — met in 245 rounds, finished ahead 108 times

Next targets

  • A sub-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 9.01 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.