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Brayden Beckman

Skewb · top 13.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016BECK07

Brayden Beckman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.40, set at I Hope I Qualify 2018, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,138th in the United States. Across 22 competitions since September 2016, he has put 358 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:03.60 in September 2016 to 20.68, a 67% improvement. Brayden has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 13.7% of 73,281 all-time
4.40
signature single · I Hope I Qualify 2018
358
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb4.407.14
top 13.7%2,138 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.5310.59
top 16.6%4,417 / 28,708
2×23.337.62
top 18.1%7,108 / 40,951
3×320.6827.04
top 41.8%23,893 / 59,724
Clock21.2926.28
top 68.3%5,891 / 8,927
Megaminx3:13.71
early days — 3 solves6,218 / 7,841
4×41:58.65
early days — 2 solves15,069 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:08.03
top 88.1%13,404 / 15,683

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

Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 1:03.60TJHSST Fall 2016: 58.39Shaker Fall 2016: 51.02Dayton Winter 2017: 48.45Howland High Spring 2017: 48.61Shaker Spring 2017: 39.33Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 42.40Michigan 2017: 35.49Howland High Fall 2017: 30.21Glass City Open 2017: 32.73Rocky Top 2017: 31.79Wildcat Holiday 2017: 31.75Husky Showdown 2018: 27.87Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 26.27Howland Winter 2018: 20.68Shaker Spring 2018: 25.86Flag City Spring 2018: 27.54CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 30.24Crossroads Cubing 2018: 26.66Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 24.42Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023: 26.2520.681:03.6010 Sep 20161 May 2023

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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.