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Brett Ludlow

3×3 · top 45.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009LUDL01

Brett Ludlow has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.09, set at UK Open 2010, puts him in the top 45.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,173rd in the United Kingdom. Across 7 competitions since July 2009, he has put 127 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:27.07 in July 2009 to 22.09, a 75% improvement. Brett has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.7% of 284,439 all-time
22.09
signature single · UK Open 2010
127
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×322.0926.42
top 45.7%3,173 / 6,689
Clock17.6631.35
top 57.7%745 / 1,232
Pyraminx11.9016.41
top 66.6%2,602 / 3,656
2×28.8810.31
top 72.9%3,755 / 4,895
3×3 one-handed1:16.08
top 91.3%1,728 / 1,851
5×54:29.53
early days — 2 solves1,131 / 1,151

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

UK Masters 2009: 1:27.07UK Open 2009: 39.71Bristol Open 2009: 34.83Bristol Spring 2010: 25.59UK Nationals 2010: 26.33UK Open 2010: 22.09Guildford Summer Open 2011: 23.5822.091:27.0711 Jul 200930 Jul 2011

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.09 away.
  • A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 2.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.