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Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙)

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015BAKK01

Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 793rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 102 competitions since March 2015, he has put 2,563 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.42 in March 2015 to 7.78, a 73% improvement. Brendan has entered 102 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · Rocky Mountain Championship 2026
2,563
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.463.21
top 2.0%793 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded22.3429.05
top 2.1%45 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves32.33
top 2.2%57 / 2,040
3×37.789.77
top 2.4%1,411 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.9117.63
top 2.9%451 / 15,683
4×431.8738.21
top 4.1%652 / 19,072
5×51:00.171:10.88
top 5.6%460 / 9,401
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 19 cubes · 59:14—
top 9.0%62 / 731
Clock8.8110.53
top 19.0%1,448 / 8,927
Skewb5.359.37
top 20.9%3,333 / 18,907
Megaminx1:22.471:31.19
top 23.4%1,612 / 7,841
4×4 blindfolded5:20.06—
top 24.3%98 / 440
6×62:36.452:50.26
top 28.9%1,024 / 4,196
7×74:41.175:01.05
top 44.9%1,300 / 3,184
5×5 blindfolded17:53.00—
early days — 1 solve116 / 218
Square-150.75—
early days — 2 solves5,086 / 6,743
Pyraminx14.1817.39
top 78.6%23,268 / 28,708

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

Utah Pi Open 2015: 28.42Utah Megacomp 2015: 18.19Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016: 14.46US Nationals 2016: 14.04Utah Fall Championship 2016: 13.48Utah Cubing for Charity 2017: 12.36Utah Megacomp II 2017: 10.72Utah Winter Open 2018: 12.20Utah Spring Open 2018: 12.01Utah Big Blind-off 2018: 11.64Potato Open 2018: 10.89CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.57Wyoming Jackalope Dash 2018: 11.16Southern Utah Fall Open 2018: 11.99Idaho Spudcubing 2018: 9.95Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 10.18Skillcon 2018: 10.12Utah Valley Open 2019: 9.27Idaho Summer B 2021: 11.01Wyoming Summer 2021: 9.66BC Cubing Comeback A 2021: 11.29Utah Fall 2021: 9.12Missoula 2021: 7.89CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 9.31Idaho Spudcubing II 2021: 10.24Utah Ice Cubing 2022: 9.31DeNxNver 2022: 9.36Going Fast in Idaho 2022: 9.80SacCubing XI 2022: 9.22Cubing in Craig 2022: 9.62Going Slow in Idaho 2022: 7.99Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022: 9.64Wyoming Summer 2022: 9.56Slopeside Solving 2022: 8.61Idaho French Fried 2022: 8.63Southern Utah Summer 2022: 9.20Inland Empire Summer 2022: 9.97SacCubing XII 2022: 10.12Back to School Utah 2022: 8.80Utah Championship 2022: 9.07Utah Snowball Bash 2022: 8.88Back to Square-1 Idaho 2022: 8.93Cubing on the Octagon 2022: 9.12Idaho Freeze Dried 2023: 9.25Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 9.24Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 10.68Utah Megacomp 2023: 9.22Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 9.05Southern Utah Summer 2023: 11.54Utah Summer Side Events A 2023: 10.53CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.83Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023: 7.78Utah Valley Open 2023: 9.70Spooky Solving Idaho 2023: 9.92CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 8.67Utah Championship 2023: 10.56Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 8.59Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 9.13Back in Boise 2024: 10.14Utah Newcomers 2024: 8.85Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024: 8.96CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 10.58Back to School Utah 2024: 9.64Utah Valley Open 2024: 8.79Spanish Fork AM 2024: 10.80Utah Ice Cubing 2025: 9.37Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025: 9.59Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025: 9.59Southern Utah Summer 2025: 9.38Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025: 10.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.21Wolverine Weekdays 3 Orem 2025: 10.32Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025: 9.12Wild West Wyoming 2026: 11.00Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 10.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 11.237.7828.4214 Mar 201529 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 2.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.