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Brandon Ru

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015RUBR01

Brandon Ru has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.15, set at New Zealand Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 293rd in New Zealand. Across 5 competitions since June 2015, he has put 97 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.85 in June 2015 to 12.15, a 36% improvement. Brandon has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.15
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2017
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×312.1513.47
top 14.4%293 / 2,095
4×457.601:00.45
top 33.8%214 / 722
3×3 one-handed25.0127.71
top 34.2%189 / 600
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 44:57
early days — 2 solves30 / 49
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 1 solve92 / 111
Pyraminx13.0118.08
top 72.9%891 / 1,141
3×3 blindfolded4:22.65
early days — 1 solve73 / 86
2×29.0611.36
top 73.8%1,221 / 1,615

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

Wellington Winter 2015: 18.85Palmerston North 2016: 16.14Mind Games 2017: 12.60SNZ Northern 2017: 12.60New Zealand Nationals 2017: 12.1512.1518.8521 Jun 20158 Dec 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.