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Brayden Gilland

Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017GILL04

Brayden Gilland has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.79, set at Washtenaw Qualifier 2023, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 796th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2017, he has put 531 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.90 in August 2017 to 8.33, a 75% improvement. Brayden has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.79
signature single · Washtenaw Qualifier 2023
531
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.795.02
top 3.0%796 / 28,708
3×38.3310.70
top 3.4%1,918 / 59,724
4×431.4839.96
top 3.8%606 / 19,072
Skewb4.247.15
top 12.6%1,952 / 18,907
5×51:14.161:19.13
top 14.7%1,131 / 9,401
2×23.133.90
top 15.8%6,173 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed21.3023.34
top 24.0%3,080 / 15,683
Clock9.9713.50
top 25.0%1,914 / 8,927
6×62:57.283:04.04
top 39.8%1,450 / 4,196
Square-126.1036.24
top 41.7%2,707 / 6,743
7×74:45.984:59.22
top 46.4%1,348 / 3,184
Megaminx2:39.21
top 65.6%5,017 / 7,841

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

Michigan 2017: 32.90Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 20.44Husky Showdown 2018: 19.03Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 17.72CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 15.10Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 15.52Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 13.80CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 14.60Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 12.79Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 11.00Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 9.45Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 10.24Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 9.75Washtenaw Winter 2023: 10.72Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 9.44Lincoln Library Cubing 2024: 8.33Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 9.968.3332.9019 Aug 201718 Aug 2024

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.