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Brett Carnes

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CARN02

Brett Carnes has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,763rd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2017, he has put 102 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.82 in June 2017 to 9.79, a 34% improvement. Brett has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.79
signature single · Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018
102
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.7912.54
top 6.9%3,763 / 59,724
4×448.2054.48
top 22.4%3,390 / 19,072
2×23.865.10
top 24.7%9,681 / 40,951
5×51:40.911:45.55
top 36.1%2,866 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed25.7135.11
top 36.1%4,768 / 15,683

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

SCC Summer 2017: 14.82SCC Winter 2018: 13.20Razorback Fall 2018: 11.21Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018: 9.799.7914.8210 Jun 20171 Dec 2018

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 1.79 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.