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Brian Van Houten

3×3 · top 35.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017HOUT01

Brian Van Houten has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.46, set at Cajun Cube Clash 2017, puts him in the top 35.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,894th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2017, he has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.55 in March 2017 to 18.46, a 30% improvement. Brian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.5% of 284,439 all-time
18.46
signature single · Cajun Cube Clash 2017
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.4621.96
top 35.5%19,894 / 59,724
2×25.097.77
top 40.5%16,253 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.3812.61
top 55.9%16,358 / 28,708
4×41:29.201:45.09
top 63.0%11,032 / 19,072

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

College Station Qualifier 2017: 26.55Cajun Cube Clash 2017: 18.46Wake Up Late 2017: 19.54Yeehaw 2017: 18.8618.4626.5511 Mar 20177 Oct 2017

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 3.46 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.