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Brian Kang

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009KANG02

Brian Kang has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.16, set at Berkeley Winter 2015, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,722nd in the United States. Across 13 competitions since August 2009, he has put 237 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.61 in August 2009 to 12.16, a 77% improvement. Brian has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.16
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2015
237
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1613.59
top 14.4%7,722 / 59,724
2×23.033.99
top 14.6%5,719 / 40,951
4×446.0453.53
top 19.6%2,979 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed29.4332.49
top 45.3%6,145 / 15,683
5×52:16.272:31.26
top 58.9%5,034 / 9,401

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

US Nationals 2009: 52.61Berkeley Winter 2013: 26.05Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013: 18.52Berkeley Spring 2013: 20.80Caltech Spring Open 2013: 17.83Berkeley Summer 2013: 16.35Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 19.35Berkeley Fall 2013: 14.66Berkeley Winter 2014: 12.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 15.84BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 13.30US Nationals 2014: 12.17Berkeley Winter 2015: 12.1612.1652.6114 Aug 200921 Feb 2015

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.

  • Mitchell Lane — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Riley Woo — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Jew — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.