People · United States
Brendan Miles
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016MILE06
Brendan Miles has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.39, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,991st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2016, he has put 348 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.24 in October 2016 to 8.39, an 84% improvement. Brendan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.39 | 9.84 | top 3.5% | 1,991 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 2.89 | top 5.6% | 2,232 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 35.56 | 41.42 | top 7.2% | 1,105 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.27 | 7.34 | top 9.0% | 2,335 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.34 | 5.70 | top 13.3% | 2,063 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.60 | 22.89 | top 19.4% | 2,493 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.73 | 1:50.63 | top 28.7% | 1,989 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 21.46 | 28.06 | top 31.2% | 2,021 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.05 | 1:54.86 | top 38.4% | 3,074 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:33.94 | 3:17.67 | top 44.5% | 953 / 2,092 |
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
- 30 Jun 2023Eight personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 3 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022.
- 25 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at SacCubing IX 2020.
- 21 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Berkeley Spring 2019.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022 · 3 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- SacCubing IX 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017
- Armin Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016 · 22 Oct 2016
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.
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tyler Howlett — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Martin — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.