People · United States
Brian Deming
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025DEMI15
Brian Deming has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Kent Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,884th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 88 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.38 in December 2025 to 9.13, a 20% improvement. Brian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 11.12 | top 5.2% | 2,884 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 38.15 | 45.78 | top 9.9% | 1,483 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.39 | 10.36 | top 22.9% | 6,202 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.77 | 1:37.74 | top 27.9% | 2,194 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 20.45 | 22.88 | top 29.0% | 1,888 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.12 | 31.04 | top 31.8% | 4,136 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 738 / 2,040 | |
| 2×2 | 4.60 | 4.85 | top 34.2% | 13,624 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 14.21 | 15.06 | top 44.7% | 3,598 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:52.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,382 / 2,092 |
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
- 30 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Kent Spring 2026.
- 30 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Kent Spring 2026.
- 30 Nov 2025First competition: Quiet Seattle November 2025.
Competitions
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Dawgs at Denny UW 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quiet Seattle November 2025 · 30 Nov 2025
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.
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aspen Sequoia Gayton — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Henry Bolinger — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.