People · Canada
Brian Shute
Skewb · top 9.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015SHUT01
Brian Shute has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.72, set at National Capital Region 2016, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 190th in Canada. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2015, he has put 201 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 7.23 in March 2015 to 3.72, a 49% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.72 | 5.31 | top 9.1% | 190 / 2,928 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 4.87 | top 18.1% | 1,221 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.74 | 8.14 | top 25.7% | 1,113 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 17.82 | 21.90 | top 33.7% | 3,333 / 10,502 | |
| Clock | 14.09 | 19.53 | top 44.2% | 400 / 1,057 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.47 | 50.40 | top 66.0% | 1,611 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.22 | — | top 70.8% | 2,087 / 3,180 | |
| Megaminx | 2:58.11 | — | early days — 3 solves | 920 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 3:02.95 | — | top 79.0% | 1,125 / 1,546 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 839 / 973 | |
| 6×6 | 6:25.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 607 / 683 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.80 at National Capital Region 2016.
- 21 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2016.
- 28 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Fall 2015.
- 6 Jun 2015Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Open 2015.
- 14 Mar 2015First competition: Toronto Open Winter 2015. A 28.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Fall 2015 · 28 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Winter 2015 · 14 Mar 2015
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.
- Jonathan Esparaz — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Antoine Cantin — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Minjun Cho — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.