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Brendan Manning

3×3 blindfolded · top 45.9% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012MANN01

Brendan Manning has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 2:38.47, set at Australian Nationals 2012, puts him in the top 45.9% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 198th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since April 2012, he has put 26 official solves on the record across five events. Brendan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 45.9% of 12,178 all-time
2:38.47
signature single · Australian Nationals 2012
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 blindfolded2:38.47
top 45.9%198 / 394
3×324.9029.29
top 52.4%5,492 / 11,709
4×41:46.71
early days — 2 solves2,218 / 3,051
5×53:40.55
early days — 1 solve1,264 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed1:21.80
early days — 2 solves2,486 / 2,659

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

Sydney Autumn 2012: 24.90Australian Nationals 2012: 28.11Sydney Summer 2015: 24.9724.9028.1121 Apr 201219 Dec 2015

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-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 38.47 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.