People · United States
Brayden Whitby
2×2 · top 6.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025WHIT19
Brayden Whitby has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at UO Valentine's Day 2026, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,641st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2025, he has put 361 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.84 in June 2025 to 16.08, a 40% improvement. Brayden has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 4.57 | top 6.6% | 2,641 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 8.55 | top 14.4% | 3,833 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 16.08 | 23.20 | top 28.2% | 15,649 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 12.47 | 21.75 | top 68.4% | 13,011 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.68 | 1:14.69 | top 75.6% | 11,134 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 3:08.53 | — | top 77.3% | 6,200 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:52.38 | — | top 78.1% | 14,595 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,908 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 34.16 | 38.02 | top 89.0% | 8,159 / 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
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.08 at Southern Oregon Game Expo 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Oregon State Fall 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First competition: Warm Up Seattle 2025. A 26.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tacoma Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- North Sound Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Southern Oregon Game Expo 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- McMinnville Favorites 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UO Valentine's Day 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kent Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Battle Ground 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tripp Peters — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adhiyan Kumaresan — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.