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Brendan Reif

2×2 · top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015REIF01

Brendan Reif has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at AZCubing Spring 2016, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,890th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since November 2015, he has put 224 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.74 in November 2015 to 12.65, a 24% improvement. Brendan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.84
signature single · AZCubing Spring 2016
224
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.844.65
top 12.4%4,890 / 40,951
3×312.6514.95
top 16.2%8,684 / 59,724
4×457.041:09.34
top 33.2%5,292 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed25.6727.19
top 36.0%4,753 / 15,683
5×52:11.512:27.69
top 56.3%4,773 / 9,401
Pyraminx10.6812.29
top 58.2%17,056 / 28,708
6×64:53.365:15.66
top 80.3%3,213 / 4,196
7×77:55.318:19.90
early days — 3 solves2,824 / 3,184

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

AZCubing Fall 2015: 16.74AZCubing Winter 2016: 13.82AZCubing Spring 2016: 14.30AZCubing Summer 2016: 14.26AZCubing Fall 2016: 14.39AZCubing Winter 2017: 14.74AZCubing Spring 2017: 13.72Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017: 12.65Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 14.1612.6516.747 Nov 201515 Jul 2023

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.

  • Dan Tran — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Ivan Vanek — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Daniel York — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 26 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.