People · United States
Brian Tran
3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017TRAN09
Brian Tran has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.10, set at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,842nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2017, he has put 118 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.92 in April 2017 to 11.10, a 38% improvement. Brian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 11.10 | 12.99 | top 10.8% | 5,842 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.18 | 46.08 | top 16.0% | 2,428 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 4.20 | top 22.4% | 8,813 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.14 | 1:31.02 | top 25.0% | 1,951 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 9.83 | top 33.7% | 9,509 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.67 | 38.32 | top 41.1% | 5,502 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 4:34.02 | 4:44.37 | early days — 3 solves | 1,212 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 3:14.06 | 3:29.46 | early days — 3 solves | 1,784 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at Katy Cubing 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Katy Cubing 2019.
- 29 Apr 2017First competition: Don't Mess With Texas 2017. A 18.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Katy Cubing 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't Mess With Texas 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Catherine Connolly — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dylan Miller — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Nguyen — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.