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Brenden Vaughn

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022VAUG03

Brenden Vaughn has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,648th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2022, he has put 843 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.61 in October 2022 to 8.05, a 59% improvement. Brenden has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.05
signature single · Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024
843
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.059.96
top 2.9%1,648 / 59,724
Skewb2.706.35
top 3.6%568 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.506.48
top 10.2%2,663 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed16.3718.80
top 11.1%1,453 / 15,683
2×22.744.07
top 11.4%4,481 / 40,951
4×439.4947.81
top 11.5%1,703 / 19,072
Megaminx1:06.651:16.69
top 13.8%936 / 7,841
5×51:19.451:32.38
top 18.7%1,451 / 9,401
Square-116.9622.62
top 20.9%1,400 / 6,743
6×62:53.763:07.35
top 38.0%1,374 / 4,196
7×74:41.114:45.21
top 44.8%1,299 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,479 / 2,040

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

Ohio Valley Open 2022: 19.61Ohio State Fall Gray 2022: 17.45FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 15.59Bulldog Winter 2023: 11.99Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 8.79Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 10.79NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 12.70Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 11.51Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 11.72Flag City Summer 2023: 10.88Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 10.90Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 11.74Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 10.32Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 10.20Michigan Championship 2024: 9.26Get Ready Grove City 2024: 9.17Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 8.05Don't Pop Preble 2024: 9.74Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025: 8.25Ohio Championship 2025: 8.458.0519.611 Oct 202220 Dec 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.