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Brendan Barraclough
3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023BARR50
Brendan Barraclough has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.41, set at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,361st in the United States. Across 10 competitions since December 2023, he has put 173 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.29 in December 2023 to 11.41, a 38% improvement. Brendan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 11.41 | 14.80 | top 11.8% | 6,361 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 5.64 | top 16.3% | 6,382 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.47 | 9.31 | top 23.6% | 6,398 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.54 | 11.31 | top 30.0% | 4,942 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.68 | 1:07.23 | top 38.3% | 6,194 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.13 | 2:31.59 | top 51.8% | 3,875 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.08 | 2:51.59 | top 65.8% | 5,731 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Poway Cubing Winter 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023First competition: Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023. A 18.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD May A 2025 · 11 May 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Big Cub 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
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.
- Dominic Shoji — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- August Barnard — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.