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Brendan Tye

3×3 · top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014TYEB01

Brendan Tye has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.07, set at Red Cross Cubing Open 2014, puts him in the top 48.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,932nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2014, he has put 61 official solves on the record across five events. Brendan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time
23.07
signature single · Red Cross Cubing Open 2014
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.0731.71
top 48.1%27,932 / 59,724
2×25.758.53
top 48.2%19,526 / 40,951
Skewb9.0212.60
top 48.5%8,659 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.8313.73
top 51.7%15,031 / 28,708
4×42:15.45
early days — 2 solves16,637 / 19,072

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

Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 23.07Doylestown Spring 2015: 29.01Liberty Science 2015: 28.76Princeton Winter 2016: 33.1323.0733.1313 Dec 20146 Feb 2016

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 Selzer — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Omkar Iyer — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Evan Ressel — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.07 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.