People · Canada
Briar Barron
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016BARR15
Briar Barron has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.58, set at Newmarket Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2016, he has put 269 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.77 in June 2016 to 9.74, a 57% improvement. Briar has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.58 | 3.31 | top 2.5% | 161 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 9.74 | 12.03 | top 6.7% | 640 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 9.50 | top 20.5% | 846 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 50.24 | 57.88 | top 25.0% | 635 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 6.28 | 7.82 | top 28.0% | 672 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.73 | 1:46.64 | top 32.5% | 338 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.28 | 30.48 | top 37.5% | 824 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.90 | 2:02.54 | top 45.9% | 594 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 28.52 | 34.05 | top 46.6% | 400 / 952 | |
| 7×7 | 6:12.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 323 / 503 | |
| 6×6 | 4:27.39 | 4:45.49 | top 73.9% | 429 / 665 |
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 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Hill Summer 2019.
- 16 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 28 Apr 2018Five personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Spring 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Pickering Spring 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017Five personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Fall 2017.
Competitions
- Richmond Hill Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Guelph Side Events 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- London Limited Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2016 · 18 Jun 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.
- Brady Metherall — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Heyning Quong — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Matthew Lee — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.