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Brian Allen

2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ALLE03

Brian Allen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 250th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since April 2019, he has put 855 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.21 in April 2019 to 8.41, a 56% improvement. Brian has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.70
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2019
855
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.704.28
top 3.1%250 / 8,567
3×38.4110.48
top 3.6%342 / 11,709
4×432.6138.57
top 4.7%130 / 3,051
5×51:03.981:14.25
top 7.8%104 / 1,356
Pyraminx4.487.43
top 10.1%466 / 5,993
6×62:12.422:21.79
top 16.6%95 / 641
Megaminx1:17.281:25.58
top 20.1%240 / 1,277
7×73:40.243:57.74
top 23.6%106 / 523
3×3 one-handed21.9826.31
top 26.0%575 / 2,659
Skewb6.929.81
top 33.0%926 / 3,534
Clock13.5316.67
top 41.9%432 / 1,095
Square-131.8233.50
top 52.9%519 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves—
early days — 1 solve418 / 468

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

Cube for Cambodia 2019: 19.21Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 16.47WCA World Championship 2019: 15.18Altona Algorithms 2019: 13.89Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 10.83Surf Coast Cubing 2019: 10.80Adelaide Summer 2020: 11.66Melbourne Summer 2020: 11.09Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020: 11.08Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 10.39December Series: Kensington 2021: 9.67Melbourne Summer 2022: 9.04Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 8.90Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 10.63Victorian Open 2022: 9.85Australian Nationals 2022: 13.73Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 10.01Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.69Melbourne Summer 2023: 8.62Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 8.84Kensington May Saturday 2024: 8.41Melbourne Summer 2025: 10.058.4119.2128 Apr 201924 Jan 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.