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Brendan Laughlan

3×3 · top 65.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011LAUG01

Brendan Laughlan has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.77, set at MIT Spring 2012, puts him in the top 65.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39,326th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2011, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.63 in December 2011 to 31.77, a 22% improvement. Brendan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 65.5% of 284,439 all-time
31.77
signature single · MIT Spring 2012
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×331.7735.67
top 65.5%39,326 / 59,724
2×29.6615.93
top 76.6%31,725 / 40,951

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

MIT Fall 2011: 40.63MIT Spring 2012: 31.7731.7740.6317 Dec 201118 Feb 2012

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 17 Dec 2011First competition: MIT Fall 2011. A 40.63 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.