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Broden Gudbrandsen
Pyraminx · top 8.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022GUDB01
Broden Gudbrandsen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.06, set at Quabbin Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,038th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since March 2022, he has put 378 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.80 in March 2022 to 17.13, a 63% improvement. Broden has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.06 | 7.11 | top 8.0% | 2,038 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 5.30 | top 11.8% | 4,653 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.69 | 13.11 | top 28.5% | 2,210 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 17.13 | 21.01 | top 31.4% | 17,332 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.92 | 14.99 | top 40.7% | 7,042 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 2:10.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15,479 / 15,683 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.81 at Quabbin Newcomers 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Fall River Cubikon 2024.
- 20 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mystic Cubikon 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.70 at Westport Warmup 2023.
- 12 Mar 2022First competition: Deerfield Winter 2022. A 46.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fall River Cubikon 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- Cubing at the Course CT 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mystic Cubikon 2024 · 28 Jul 2024
- Saint John's Showdown 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Quabbin Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhode Island Winter 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vermont Cubikon 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mystic Cubikon 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Westport Warmup 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubehenge 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cod 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northampton Winter B 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Fall River Cubikon 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Fast In Mass 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Deerfield Winter 2022 · 12 Mar 2022
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.
- Jaustin Gudbrandsen — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ryan Durette — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.