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Brendan Irwin

Skewb · top 6.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023IRWI03

Brendan Irwin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at Newmarket Favourites 2023, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in Canada. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2023, he has put 85 official solves on the record across four events. Brendan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.4% of 73,281 all-time
3.26
signature single · Newmarket Favourites 2023
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Skewb3.266.74
top 6.4%117 / 2,907
Pyraminx5.579.96
top 16.9%680 / 4,858
3×314.5421.25
top 22.9%2,193 / 10,392
2×24.286.15
top 30.1%2,043 / 7,173

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

Newmarket Favourites 2023: 3.26Guelph 2023: 6.19Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 4.39Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 6.453.266.4515 Apr 202316 Dec 2023

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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.

  • Ian Wei — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Tristan Lei — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Aidan Xu — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.