People · United States
Brayden McKay
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019MCKA03
Brayden McKay has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Virginia Championship 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,835th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2019, he has put 82 official solves on the record across ten events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.40 in January 2020 to 9.83, a 40% improvement. Brayden has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.83 | 10.53 | top 7.0% | 3,835 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 8.98 | top 15.7% | 4,131 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 45.38 | 53.56 | top 18.8% | 2,842 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.52 | top 23.9% | 9,389 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.88 | 26.53 | top 28.4% | 3,672 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.88 | 10.77 | top 40.3% | 6,969 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.22 | 2:19.29 | top 43.3% | 3,149 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.81 | 1:54.55 | top 43.9% | 3,596 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,426 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:54.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,484 / 3,184 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 10 Nov 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.85 at Slow N Steady Fall 2021.
- 27 Jul 2019First competition: Rally in the Valley 2019.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- MLWGS Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Rally in the Valley 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- William Klauer — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.