People · United States
Brayden Walters
3×3 · top 8.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024WALT02
Brayden Walters has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Northern Kentucky 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,832nd in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2024, he has put 85 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.34 in February 2024 to 10.39, a 46% improvement. Brayden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.39 | 13.29 | top 8.7% | 4,832 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.12 | 5.40 | top 28.1% | 11,274 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,273 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.12 | 13.99 | top 45.9% | 13,413 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 31.28 | 39.54 | top 86.0% | 7,850 / 9,172 |
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
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.51 at Vanderbilt Winter 2025.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: TN Speedsolving Winter 2024. A 19.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beat the Clock Westminster 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
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.
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Brown — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Roman Wofford — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.