People · Canada
Brian Kan
Pyraminx · top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019KANB01
Brian Kan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Canadian Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Canada. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2019, he has put 377 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.50 in March 2019 to 7.13, a 65% improvement. Brian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.01 | 3.08 | top 1.2% | 42 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 1.28 | 2.27 | top 1.3% | 86 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 7.13 | 9.08 | top 1.5% | 144 / 10,392 | |
| Square-1 | 7.44 | 8.91 | top 2.3% | 11 / 952 | |
| Megaminx | 46.88 | 51.79 | top 3.8% | 27 / 1,375 | |
| 4×4 | 32.88 | 38.01 | top 4.9% | 114 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 3.05 | 4.70 | top 5.2% | 86 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 40.66 | — | top 7.0% | 27 / 351 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.86 | 1:10.57 | top 7.1% | 83 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.61 | 16.69 | top 7.3% | 153 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 7.66 | 8.66 | top 13.6% | 102 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.15 | 2:31.11 | top 20.0% | 99 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 4:33.55 | 4:57.32 | top 42.2% | 173 / 503 |
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
- 13 Jul 2023Ten personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Seven personal bests in one day at UBC Side Events 2023.
- 23 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at BC Cubing Springback B 2022.
- 26 Sep 2021First sub-20 3×3: 9.13 at BC Cubing Comeback B 2021.
- 26 Sep 2021First sub-15 3×3: 9.13 at BC Cubing Comeback B 2021.
- 26 Sep 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at BC Cubing Comeback B 2021.
Competitions
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 10 personal bests set
- UBC Side Events 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Comeback B 2021 · 26 Sep 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.