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Brayden Svensen

2×2 · top 24.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018SVEN02

Brayden Svensen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.88, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 24.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,788th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since October 2018, he has put 191 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.74 in October 2018 to 16.52, a 50% improvement. Brayden has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 24.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.88
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2022
191
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.887.92
top 24.9%9,788 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.0214.20
top 28.0%7,715 / 28,708
3×316.5221.13
top 29.5%16,170 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed29.0642.12
top 44.5%6,014 / 15,683
Square-130.2740.15
top 49.9%3,262 / 6,743
Skewb10.7913.88
top 59.7%10,941 / 18,907
4×41:29.02
top 62.9%10,999 / 19,072

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

Fall Foliage Cubing 2018: 32.74Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 22.23Brooklyn Fall 2019: 20.35Pretzel Mania 2022: 25.46Princeton Fall 2022: 20.43Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 20.74West Chester Fall 2022: 18.97Wilmington Warmup 2023: 17.73Princeton Fall 2023: 16.52Spring into Summit 2024: 20.92Penn Cube Day Spring 2025: 21.11Penn Cube Day Fall 2025: 17.27RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026: 21.0416.5232.7420 Oct 201816 May 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.

  • Dana Yi — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Brandon Ervin — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Shaun Mack — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.