People · Canada
Brennan Groat
2×2 · top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018GROA02
Brennan Groat has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at Sylvan Solves 2022, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 484th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2018, he has put 223 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.32 in October 2018 to 15.69, a 48% improvement. Brennan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 5.90 | top 7.4% | 484 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 6.62 | top 13.6% | 529 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 15.69 | 17.18 | top 26.8% | 2,577 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 9.24 | 17.29 | top 50.1% | 1,368 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.66 | 41.93 | top 52.6% | 1,226 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.89 | — | top 53.3% | 1,466 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.97 | — | top 62.0% | 820 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 4:16.40 | 4:47.98 | early days — 3 solves | 415 / 665 | |
| Square-1 | 49.01 | 1:26.30 | top 75.2% | 708 / 952 | |
| Clock | 26.89 | — | early days — 1 solve | 808 / 1,029 | |
| 7×7 | 7:05.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 384 / 503 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:26.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 309 / 351 | |
| Megaminx | 4:06.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,200 / 1,375 |
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
- 24 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Strathcona 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sherwood Park Summer 2019.
- 25 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Foothills Final Fight 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.73 at Canada's Wild West 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Canada's Wild West 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-30 3×3: 21.01 at Edmonton New Year 2019.
Competitions
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Solved Central Alberta 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Strathcona 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Foothills Final Fight 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Canada's Wild West 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Edmonton New Year 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Fright 2018 · 27 Oct 2018
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.
- James Deibert — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Alex Mutch — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Griffin Clem — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.