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Brian Hambeck

Pyraminx · top 0.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016HAMB02

Brian Hambeck has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Montevideo en Llamas 2021, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Uruguay. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since December 2016, he has put 1,814 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.38 in December 2016 to 7.74, a 72% improvement. Brian has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.9% of 129,321 all-time
1.85
signature single · Montevideo en Llamas 2021
1,814
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUruguay
Pyraminx1.852.92
top 0.9%2 / 149
Megaminx37.1440.57
top 0.98%1 / 43
3×37.749.15
top 2.4%10 / 515
2×21.573.81
top 2.5%7 / 276
3×3 one-handed12.3715.06
top 3.5%4 / 95
4×436.2741.21
top 7.9%11 / 103
Skewb4.486.08
top 14.3%20 / 79
5×51:15.641:20.77
top 15.8%10 / 56
Clock8.139.95
top 15.8%12 / 44
6×62:32.462:45.85
top 26.8%8 / 26
7×74:00.464:14.25
top 30.9%7 / 19
Square-126.2532.53
top 41.9%16 / 41
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve12 / 28

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

Charrua 2016: 27.38Montevideo Open 2018: 13.78Montevideo Palace 2018: 15.41Stickers Punta del Este Open 2018: 15.25Pando City Open 2018: 13.79Nacionales Uruguayo 2019: 11.22Montevideo Palace 2019: 10.40Montevideo Bisiesto 2020: 10.17Montevideo ReOpen 2021: 9.63Montevideo en Llamas 2021: 9.72Altavista NxN 2022: 8.15Santa Fe Open 2022: 10.22Montevideo Open 2022: 10.18FING Open 2022: 9.59Montevideo en Llamas 2022: 9.01Altavista Open 2023: 8.16Montevideo al Cubo 2023: 10.03Altavista NxN 2023: 9.42Di Tella Open 2023: 9.71Montevideo Winter Open 2023: 9.28Nacionales Uruguayas 2023: 9.48Montevideo en Llamas 2023: 8.42Altavista Big Open 2024: 8.80Altavista Otoñal 2024: 9.90Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 8.12Fátima en Montevideo 2024: 8.0210th Anniversary Cervantes 2024: 7.74Nacionales Uruguayas 2024: 8.90Montevideo en Llamas 2024: 9.6170 Años Fátima Montevideo 2025: 9.70Campeonato Uruguayo de Speedcubing 2025: 8.47Claret Open Montevideo 2026: 8.02Claret Open Montevideo II 2026: 9.05Montevideo Gaming House Open 2026: 9.05Montevideo Gaming House Agosto 2026: 8.757.7427.383 Dec 201629 Aug 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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 7.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.