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Brian Law

3×3 · top 0.83% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015LAWB01

Brian Law has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.47, set at Berkeley Spring 2018, puts him in the top 0.83% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 530th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since April 2015, he has put 519 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.46 in April 2015 to 6.47, an 81% improvement. Brian has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.83% of 284,439 all-time
6.47
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2018
519
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.478.52
top 0.83%530 / 59,724
2×22.303.47
top 7.0%2,793 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.916.89
top 7.2%1,849 / 28,708
Skewb4.227.21
top 12.4%1,931 / 18,907
4×441.6751.54
top 14.1%2,097 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.8722.09
top 14.7%1,911 / 15,683
5×51:48.581:59.82
top 41.6%3,377 / 9,401
6×64:57.84—
early days — 1 solve3,256 / 4,196

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

SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 33.46BASC 6 2015: 26.95BASC 7 2015: 20.84Nisei Week 2015: 21.50Berkeley Summer 2015: 20.58Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 13.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 13.23Armin Open 2017: 11.99Berkeley Spring 2017: 8.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 8.866.25 Bay Area 2017: 8.89San Ramon 2017: 9.12San Francisco Bay Open 2017: 6.54Berkeley Fall 2017: 9.18Berkeley Spring 2018: 6.47West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 8.47Berkeley Summer 2018: 7.12Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 8.03Berkeley Fall 2018: 8.14Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 7.85Berkeley Spring 2019: 7.50Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 7.42Berkeley Summer 2019: 8.57Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 6.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 7.57Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 8.35UIUC Fall 2025: 9.306.4733.4619 Apr 201515 Nov 2025

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.

  • Varun Mohanraj — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 42 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.