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Brandon True

3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018TRUE03

Brandon True has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.39, set at Agoura Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,124th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2018, he has put 710 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.81 in August 2018 to 7.39, a 42% improvement. Brandon has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time
7.39
signature single · Agoura Winter 2026
710
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.399.88
top 1.8%1,124 / 60,666
Pyraminx2.833.57
top 3.1%838 / 29,168
4×430.9034.15
top 3.5%555 / 19,354
6×61:39.201:48.36
top 3.9%144 / 4,262
5×556.201:01.41
top 3.9%326 / 9,537
7×72:41.482:49.40
top 5.9%161 / 3,236
2×22.463.48
top 8.6%3,415 / 41,674
Clock8.0510.08
top 15.3%1,199 / 9,172
Square-114.8217.38
top 16.1%1,101 / 6,846
Skewb4.936.25
top 17.6%2,823 / 19,164
3×3 one-handed19.1422.20
top 18.3%2,379 / 15,900
Megaminx1:17.341:25.35
top 20.1%1,405 / 8,026

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

SacCubing V 2018: 12.81CubeChella 2018: 12.45Cal Poly SLO Winter 2023: 10.52Cubing in the Valley 2023: 9.77Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023: 8.67Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023: 8.73UCSD Summer 2023: 8.82Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 8.55UCSD Winter 2023: 9.28University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 9.43Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 8.68Nub Open Yucaipa 2024: 8.48Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 9.71Agoura Winter 2026: 7.39Simi Mini A 2026: 9.07Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 9.18UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 9.01Westerns Warmup Riverside A 2026: 8.72West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 8.65Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.74UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026: 8.387.3912.8125 Aug 201817 Oct 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.

  • Shane Grogan — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
  • Dan Tran — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Max Park — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.