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Brennan Arnold

3×3 · top 16.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012ARNO02

Brennan Arnold has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.71, set at Cubetcha 2013, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,806th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2012, he has put 166 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.06 in June 2012 to 12.71, a 53% improvement. Brennan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.71
signature single · Cubetcha 2013
166
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.7113.96
top 16.4%8,806 / 59,724
2×23.345.59
top 18.3%7,152 / 40,951
4×450.161:00.27
top 24.9%3,817 / 19,072
7×73:49.114:04.67
top 26.8%754 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed23.9341.94
top 31.3%4,051 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.4411.85
top 31.5%8,801 / 28,708
5×51:37.531:41.87
top 33.5%2,659 / 9,401
6×63:04.343:17.46
top 43.2%1,603 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded3:04.62
early days — 2 solves1,140 / 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

Dixon Open 2012: 27.06Cubetcha 2012: 14.58World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.30Indiana 2013: 14.59Cubetcha 2013: 12.7112.7127.0616 Jun 20125 Oct 2013

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.