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Brayden Gordley

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016GORD01

Brayden Gordley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 803rd in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2016, he has put 771 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.20 in September 2017 to 2.18, a 58% improvement. Brayden has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.98
signature single · Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019
771
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.989.49
top 1.3%803 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.773.77
top 2.9%776 / 28,708
Square-19.7611.82
top 5.7%415 / 6,743
2×22.183.04
top 6.0%2,413 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed15.5719.85
top 9.3%1,229 / 15,683
4×437.9245.87
top 9.7%1,452 / 19,072
Skewb4.037.06
top 11.1%1,711 / 18,907
Megaminx1:29.411:38.34
top 27.8%1,921 / 7,841
5×51:32.181:39.32
top 29.1%2,292 / 9,401
Clock12.8916.02
top 39.2%3,115 / 8,927

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

Bekubes Costa Rica 2017: 5.20Bekubes Open 2018: 3.41Costa Rica Nationals 2018: 3.19Nacionales El Salvador 2018: 2.43Bekubes Gold 2019: 3.22Cubing Heredia 2019: 3.57Grecia Open 2019: 2.74San Pedro Open 2019: 2.22Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019: 3.24Score Cube Day 2020: 2.18Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022: 2.42Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022: 2.24VID Cubing 2022: 2.19Cubing Universal San Jose 2022: 3.40Retro Mall San Pedro 2023: 2.18Costa Rican Championship 2023: 2.31Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024: 3.632.185.209 Sep 201717 Nov 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.