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Brian Ruggles

3×3 · top 30.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017RUGG01

Brian Ruggles has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.89, set at Welcome to 2019, puts him in the top 30.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,898th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since June 2017, he has put 104 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.39 in June 2017 to 16.89, a 43% improvement. Brian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.6% of 284,439 all-time
16.89
signature single · Welcome to 2019
104
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.8919.45
top 30.6%16,898 / 59,724
5×51:43.021:51.16
top 37.6%3,001 / 9,401
4×41:15.451:25.27
top 52.0%8,788 / 19,072
2×27.548.95
top 64.6%26,624 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed41.0859.77
top 66.8%9,520 / 15,683
7×76:29.89
early days — 2 solves2,312 / 3,184
6×64:49.18
early days — 1 solve3,176 / 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

SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 29.39Yeehaw 2017: 24.74South East Texas Open 2018: 23.68Howdy Partner 2018: 19.69Cubalaya 2018: 17.95CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018: 18.37Pueblo Open 2018: 20.22Welcome to 2019: 16.8916.8929.3917 Jun 201731 Dec 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
  • A sub-1:30 5×5 single — 11,140 people have one; it is 13.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.