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Brendan Butler

3×3 · top 14.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BUTL15

Brendan Butler has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.12, set at Solve La Crosse 2025, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,792nd in the United States. Across 15 competitions since November 2023, he has put 360 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.34 in November 2023 to 12.12, a 50% improvement. Brendan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 288,433 all-time
12.12
signature single · Solve La Crosse 2025
360
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1214.29
top 14.4%7,792 / 60,666
Pyraminx5.3110.07
top 15.2%4,043 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed25.4933.03
top 35.6%4,768 / 15,900
Clock13.0016.47
top 39.6%3,230 / 9,172
Skewb7.8310.29
top 40.1%7,003 / 19,164
2×25.246.55
top 42.3%17,303 / 41,674
4×41:08.551:14.95
top 45.5%7,670 / 19,354
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
top 59.1%1,265 / 2,059
5×52:35.713:05.53
top 68.6%6,103 / 9,537
Megaminx2:58.56—
top 73.9%5,893 / 8,026
6×66:01.306:56.77
early days — 3 solves3,835 / 4,262

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

SPAMtown II 2023: 24.34Elite in Eagan 2024: 22.68Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 18.66Eau Claire 2024: 19.07Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.74Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 17.25Rosemount Side Events 2024: 15.57Cubetcha MN 2024: 14.73Solve La Crosse 2025: 12.12Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 12.70Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.38Minnesota Championship 2025: 14.48North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 13.49Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 13.0812.1224.3418 Nov 202311 Apr 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-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.