People · United States
Brendan F. Long
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LONG13
Brendan F. Long has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.80, set at River Hill Spring 2022, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,429th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2018, he has put 296 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.43 in August 2018 to 7.80, a 58% improvement. Brendan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.80 | 9.35 | top 2.4% | 1,429 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.97 | 7.80 | top 3.5% | 938 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.48 | 14.94 | top 7.0% | 944 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.21 | top 9.2% | 3,622 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 45.87 | 1:03.26 | top 19.4% | 2,946 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.93 | — | top 37.0% | 2,662 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 8.59 | 9.70 | top 45.6% | 8,055 / 18,907 |
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
- 20 Nov 2021Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Fall 2021.
- 28 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019.
- 11 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at George School Open 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Lower Moreland Fall 2018.
- 10 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Lower Moreland Fall 2018.
Competitions
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Spring 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018
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.
- Aubrey Trace — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Graham Lively — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.