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Brendan Aronhime

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011ARON02

Brendan Aronhime has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,884th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2011, he has put 456 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.41 in November 2011 to 9.13, a 69% improvement. Brendan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.13
signature single · Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013
456
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.1311.13
top 5.2%2,884 / 59,724
2×22.273.19
top 6.8%2,687 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed15.9120.72
top 10.0%1,325 / 15,683
4×448.3359.31
top 22.5%3,415 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.9416.30
top 27.4%7,512 / 28,708
5×52:28.53
top 65.1%5,669 / 9,401

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

Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 29.41Bridgewater Open 2011: 27.00River Hill Winter 2012: 19.05Newark Head to Head 2012: 14.46River Hill Summer 2012: 13.00Jersey Shore Open 2012: 11.93Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 11.08River Hill Winter 2013: 11.96Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 9.13Newark Head to Head 2013: 10.78Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 9.81Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 9.68River Hill Winter 2014: 10.30Princeton Winter 2014: 9.58Virginia Open Spring 2014: 11.22River Hill Summer 2014: 10.219.1329.415 Nov 20116 Sep 2014

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.

  • Corey Sakowski — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
  • Felix Lee — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Nick Rech — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 34 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.