People · United States
Brian Song
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SONG15
Brian Song has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.94, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,705th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2016, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.88 in August 2016 to 8.94, a 68% improvement. Brian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.94 | 12.17 | top 4.8% | 2,705 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 9.92 | top 16.1% | 4,323 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 4.59 | 6.02 | top 34.1% | 13,821 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.99 | 41.54 | top 57.3% | 8,098 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 14.79 | 30.42 | top 77.6% | 14,997 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 3:26.40 | — | early days — 3 solves | 8,060 / 9,537 |
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
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.87 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 17 Nov 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.31 at Longhorn Fall 2018.
- 20 Aug 2016First competition: Nisei Week 2016. A 27.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Longhorn Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
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.
- Briana Codrescu — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dylan Miller — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elijah Leslie — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.