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Brian Johnson

Square-1 · top 0.004% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013JOHN10

Brian Johnson has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at Evanston Qualifier 2026, puts him in the top 0.004% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in the United States. Until May 2026, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 255 competitions since October 2013, he has put 14,115 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.41 in October 2013 to 4.20, a 77% improvement. Brian has entered 255 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.004% of 25,272 all-time
2.85
signature single · Evanston Qualifier 2026
14,115
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-12.855.25
top 0.004%1 / 6,743
3×34.205.20
top 0.026%22 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed6.629.16
top 0.038%8 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves19.00
top 0.041%3 / 2,040
Pyraminx1.021.85
top 0.043%14 / 28,708
2×20.661.18
top 0.081%33 / 40,951
4×420.6924.91
top 0.089%16 / 19,072
Skewb1.152.31
top 0.11%17 / 18,907
5×544.1349.88
top 0.56%46 / 9,401
Megaminx35.2841.13
top 0.69%48 / 7,841
6×61:28.461:36.57
top 1.6%61 / 4,196
7×72:24.842:39.70
top 3.0%79 / 3,184
Clock4.786.77
top 3.9%318 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded2:01.38—
top 33.9%697 / 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

Cubetcha 2013: 18.41UIUC Fall 2013: 12.19Dixon Spring 2014: 12.18Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 10.56Dixon Summer 2014: 11.11Wiscube 2014: 9.62Mishawaka Fall 2014: 10.53Summit City Open 2015: 9.23Mishawaka Spring 2015: 9.19Indiana 2015: 9.87Dixon Summer 2015: 9.17Cubic Catastrophe 2015: 8.74Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 8.43Dixon Winter 2016: 8.49Michigan 2016: 8.41Dixon Fall 2016: 8.11Mishawaka Winter 2017: 7.06SCC Summer 2017: 6.98CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 7.13Heartland Championships 2017: 7.54Bulldog Cubing 2017: 8.43ChicaGhosts 2017: 6.81Dixon Winter 2017: 7.42Lions Cubing 2018: 7.27CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 7.85Elk Cubing 2018: 7.13Dixon Spring 2018: 6.81CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 6.79Get to the Point 2018: 6.62CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 6.55Wiscube 2018: 6.04Big Cheese 2019: 7.50Albany Winter 2019: 6.74CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 6.39Cubing Peoria 2019: 5.98CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 5.69Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 6.38CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 5.99Madison Summer 2019: 6.40Lake Country Fall 2019: 7.05Albany Fall 2019: 5.79UIUC Fall 2019: 6.20Wiscube 2019: 6.17Cubing Peoria 2020: 6.49GA Cubers Return A 2021: 6.07Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021: 5.28Cubetcha A 2021: 5.94Windy City New Year 2022: 5.75Bulldog Winter 2022: 6.01Gem City 2022: 6.50North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 5.10NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 5.29Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022: 6.29Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 5.27Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 5.23Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022: 5.16Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 5.56Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 5.61Howland Returns 2022: 5.72CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 5.50Milwaukee First 2022: 4.81NxN Minnesota 2022: 5.22CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 5.93Get to the Point 2022: 5.69Cubing Peoria 2022: 5.15Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 4.68Rochester Fall 2022: 5.47Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022: 5.64Iowa Fall 2022: 5.272x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 5.47Naperville Winter A 2022: 6.03Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 5.54SacCubing XIII 2023: 5.63North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 5.90Dubuque Winter 2023: 5.60Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 5.70Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 5.43SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 5.70Everything in Evanston A 2023: 4.92UIUC Spring 2023: 5.71Cubing up the UP 2023: 5.00Swallow Spring 2023: 5.59FargoDome 2023: 5.81Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 5.80Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 5.52CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 5.20Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 5.16Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023: 5.24West Side Cube Clash 2023: 5.90OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 5.31Sioux Falls Saturday 2023: 5.81Sioux City Sunday 2023: 5.90CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 5.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 5.80Naperville Summer 2023: 5.94Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 5.34Evanston Summer Side Events 2023: 5.38Get to Work Chicagoland 2023: 4.61Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 5.05Michigan Mini 7 2023: 5.57Rapidly Grand 2023: 5.50Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 5.72Minnesota Cube Day 2023: 5.16North Woods 2023: 5.90Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 5.32CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 4.98CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 5.68Side Events Minnesota 2023: 4.74The Core of Hobart 2023: 5.25Middleton Meetup Thursday 2023: 5.71Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 4.85Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 5.80North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 5.39Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024: 5.13DuPage Winter 2024: 4.92Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024: 5.56Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 4.98Little Giant Open 2024: 5.48Going Fast in Grandview 2024: 5.46Muske-GO 2024: 6.25Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 5.25Minnesota Slice 2024: 5.51Saint John's Showdown 2024: 5.04Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 5.99Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024: 5.48Wisconsin Qualifier 2024: 5.73CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 5.49Ackerman Spring 2024: 4.64CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 4.98Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 5.56Rubik's North America All-Stars 2024: 4.94Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 4.74Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 5.72Cubing in Oak Creek 2024: 5.79Door County Cube Challenge 2024: 5.586x6 Still in a Madison Park 2024: 5.36DuPage Fall 2024: 5.55CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 5.20Cubetcha MN 2024: 5.12Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 5.07Kenosha First A 2024: 5.34Indiana Championship 2024: 4.96Minnesota Championship 2024: 5.534x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 5.57Festligt Farvel til 2024: 5.70Et Nyt År i Hvidovre 2025: 5.42Stockholmsligan Moja - Simba 2025: 5.17Chill Out Trondheim 2025: 5.67Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025: 5.66Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025: 5.77Naperville Winter 2025: 5.86Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025: 5.07Racing Kane 2025: 5.54Solve La Crosse 2025: 5.64Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025: 5.94Midwest Cubing Classic 2025: 5.69Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 4.95Door County Cube Challenge 2025: 5.31Minxville Indiana 2025: 5.86Minnesota Slice 2025: 5.78Warm Up Seattle 2025: 5.61Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.94WisconsiNxN 2025: 5.70CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 4.85Michigan Championship 2025: 5.54CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 5.76Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025: 5.60Prebleminxing 2025: 5.92Wisconsin Championship 2025: 4.86Naperville Fall 2025: 5.56Cubetcha MN 2025: 5.10Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 2025: 5.15Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025: 5.68Machesney Park Fall 2025: 4.89Quad Cities Saturday 2025: 5.78Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025: 5.23Wisconsin on Ice 2026: 5.27Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026: 5.45Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026: 5.31Machesney Park Spring 2026: 4.76Racine Rendezvous 2026: 4.70Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 5.12Racing Kane 2026: 5.01Midwest Cubing Classic 2026: 4.823x3 in Madison 2026: 4.72CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 4.20CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 5.02Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 4.83Persevere in De Pere 2026: 5.59Missouri Championship 2026: 4.75Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026: 5.574x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 5.784.2018.415 Oct 201329 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.