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Brian Allen

2×2 · top 3.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ALLE03

Brian Allen has been competing for 8 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 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since April 2019, he has put 880 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 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 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 189,179 all-time
1.70
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2019
880
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.704.28
top 3.1%256 / 8,727
3×38.4110.48
top 3.6%346 / 11,943
4×432.6138.57
top 4.7%135 / 3,108
5×51:03.981:11.41
top 7.9%110 / 1,412
Pyraminx4.487.43
top 10.1%469 / 6,109
6×62:12.422:21.79
top 16.7%98 / 667
Megaminx1:17.281:25.58
top 20.1%244 / 1,313
7×73:40.243:57.74
top 23.6%107 / 540
3×3 one-handed21.9826.31
top 26.1%581 / 2,685
Skewb6.929.81
top 33.1%948 / 3,589
Clock13.5316.67
top 41.9%451 / 1,159
Square-131.8233.50
top 52.9%525 / 920
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves—
early days — 1 solve424 / 474

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: 10.05Bendigo Blitz 2026: 12.218.4119.2128 Apr 201917 Oct 2026

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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.